Where a charge of distributing child exploitation material is based entirely on an offender's voluntary admissions to police, the sentencing court must make sufficient allowance for that special cooperation beyond the ordinary discount for a guilty plea. The AB v The Queen principle of special leniency requires more than marginal adjustment to the suspension point. However, the one-third discount for guilty pleas is not a fixed rule and the appropriate allowance depends on the circumstances of each case.
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