Where a perpetrator engages in a course of sexual abuse against a child and then commits further sexual offences against the same victim as an adult after a hiatus, the sentences for the childhood and adult offending should not be made wholly concurrent, as the adult offending has a different impact upon the victim and represents a separate incursion. The starting point for persistent sexual exploitation of a child involving multiple offences over time remains approximately 12 years imprisonment. An elderly offender's age and poor health do not overwhelm considerations of general deterrence and condemnation, particularly where the offender escaped consequences for decades.
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