The sentencing range for violent rape by a stranger involving a weapon, where the offender receives the benefit of a guilty plea, is between 10 and 14 years imprisonment. An applicant who seeks to appeal a sentence as manifestly excessive faces a very high threshold where the sentence falls within the range advocated by their own counsel at first instance, and can succeed only in sufficiently exceptional circumstances.
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