The three to five year detention range for juvenile offenders who commit rape and plead guilty, as identified in R v [name withheld], remains applicable. A course of conduct of escalating sexual offending against very young children over several years may justify a head sentence comparable to that imposed for more serious single-occasion offending. The decision in R v [name withheld] (non-custodial sentence for a 12-year-old rapist) is distinguishable where the offender is older, the offending involves a course of conduct, and the risk profile is less favourable.
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