A sentence of four years imprisonment for six counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 (five counts involving a child under 12), with circumstances of aggravation including the offender being the child's father, is not manifestly excessive where the offender has prior convictions for sexual offences against another child, even where the offending did not involve penetration or particular violence. The sentencing judge was considered to have acted with restraint in the circumstances.
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