A seven-year head sentence for rape of a four-year-old child, with concurrent sentences for multiple child exploitation material and indecent treatment offences committed over three days in a predatory and escalating manner, is within the appropriate sentencing range. Non-compliance with s 13(3) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) does not necessarily vitiate a sentence where it is evident from the sentencing remarks that the guilty plea was in fact taken into account.
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