A total effective sentence of 9 years' imprisonment (comprising wholly cumulative sentences of 5 years and 4 years) for two counts of persistent non-penetrative sexual conduct with children under 16 (the offender's own daughters, aged 7-15, over periods of 6 years and 3.5 years respectively) does not infringe the totality principle. Cases involving individual counts of indecent dealing are not comparable to s 321A offences for sentencing purposes.
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