Where an offender suffers from severe and multiple physical ailments rendering imprisonment unusually onerous — including dependence on others for mobility, deprivation of specialised medical care, and continuing severe pain inadequately managed in prison — a meaningful reduction in sentence is warranted even for very serious sexual offences against children. On the facts, a reduction from 10 to 9 years was appropriate for maintaining a sexual relationship with a child involving regular intercourse over several years.
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