A head sentence of eight years detention for a juvenile offender aged 15-16 who committed a series of brutal sexual and violent assaults on randomly chosen women was not manifestly excessive. A sentencing judge does not err in declining to find special circumstances under s 227(2) of the Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld) where no such circumstances were urged at first instance and counsel expressly disclaimed reliance on the provision.
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