A suspended sentence for online sexual offences against children involving three real victims, while very lenient, was not manifestly inadequate where the sentencing judge correctly identified the relevant sentencing principles and took into account the respondent's rehabilitation. The question of whether a Crown appeal can succeed on the basis of House v The King error alone, without manifest inadequacy, was expressly left open.
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