A sentence of 5 years 8 months' imprisonment for a single count of sexual penetration of a de facto child aged 12, and a total effective sentence of 7 years 8 months for nine counts of child sex offending over approximately two and a half years, were within the range open to the sentencing judge where the offending was characterised as towards the upper end of the scale of seriousness.
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