A total effective sentence of 11 years' imprisonment for multiple aggravated sexual offences committed against a sleeping and intoxicated victim, where the offender was armed with a shard of glass, had a lengthy criminal history of violence, and entered guilty pleas only on the second day of trial, was at the upper end of the available range but did not infringe the totality principle. The role of comparable sentencing cases is flexible rather than rigid, and a sentence outside the range does not necessarily establish error.
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