The assessment of objective seriousness of sexual intercourse without consent offences is quintessentially an evaluative exercise for the sentencing judge, and an appellate court will be particularly slow to intervene where the sentencing judge presided over the trial. An aggregate sentence toward the top of the statistical range is not manifestly excessive where the offending is characterised as mid-range, the offender was convicted after trial, had relevant prior convictions, and personal circumstances did not warrant leniency.
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