Complaints about cumulation orders will generally merge into the question whether the total effective sentence offends the totality principle, save in exceptional cases. A total effective sentence of three years and ten months for historical child sexual offences involving digital penetration and indecent assault by a carer was within range notwithstanding 30 years' delay, strong rehabilitation, remorse, no prior convictions, and admissions to police.
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