A total effective sentence of 8 years' imprisonment for three counts of aggravated sexual penetration without consent involving extreme violence and degradation, committed while on bail and in breach of a violence restraining order, is not manifestly excessive. A self-induced mental health condition arising from long-term substance abuse will not generally mitigate sentence. A guilty plea entered on the day of trial as part of negotiations, when there was no forensic impediment to an earlier plea, does not constitute a plea at the earliest reasonable opportunity.
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