An offender with an intellectual disability (IQ approximately 70) accompanied by significant social and environmental deprivation, who is receiving a high level of external support, may fall within an exceptional category where a term of imprisonment is not the appropriate sentencing option for possession of child pornography, notwithstanding that immediate imprisonment is ordinarily imposed for such offences. The weighting error in giving significant weight to general deterrence for such an offender was apparent from the express terms of the sentencing reasons.
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