Incest offences committed against a three-year-old grandchild by an offender with extensive prior sexual offending history, diagnosed paedophilia, and who offended while subject to a community-based order for earlier sexual offending, warranted a total effective sentence of seven years' imprisonment (five-year non-parole period) rather than five years (three-year non-parole period). The case confirms that repeated sexual offending elevates the significance of specific deterrence and public protection, and that perpetrators of incest against young persons must anticipate substantial terms of imprisonment save in the most unusual circumstances.
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