A total effective sentence of 12 years' imprisonment for 13 counts of sexual offences against a de facto child aged 11 to 16, involving persistent offending over several years with physical coercion and resulting in pregnancy, was held not to infringe the totality principle. The case provides a useful sentencing comparator for intra-familial child sexual abuse cases in Western Australia.
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