A total effective sentence of 10 years' imprisonment for 26 child sexual offences (4 digital penetration, 16 indecent dealing, 4 indecent recording, plus 2 further indecent dealing counts committed on bail) involving 8 victims aged 6-12 was held to infringe the first limb of the totality principle and was reduced to 8 years. The offending, while serious, was not of the most serious kind where most counts involved touching rather than penetration, and the penetration offences (digital only) involved one complainant.
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