Offences of procuring sexual penetration by fraud where complainants were induced to provide sexual services on the basis of fraudulent promises of employment in the sex industry tend to rank lower in the scale of gravity than cases involving abuse of professional trust or fraudulent promises of marriage. A sentencing judge's factual finding that is not supported by evidence beyond reasonable doubt, and which is material to the sentence, will reopen the sentencing discretion on appeal.
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