A total effective sentence of 14 years' imprisonment for six representative counts of intra-familial child sexual abuse (two indecent dealing, four sexual penetration) committed by a stepfather against a child aged 9 to 13, where the offender showed no remorse and was convicted after trial, was held to infringe the first limb of the totality principle. The appropriate total effective sentence was 12 years' imprisonment.
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