A sentence of four years imprisonment with a non-parole period of one year and nine months for aggravated child exploitation offending under s 474.24A of the Criminal Code (Cth) involving thousands of items of child pornography distributed over two separate periods is within the appropriate range, even where the offender has significant mitigating circumstances including youth, early plea, remorse, psychological vulnerability, and cooperation with authorities. The case provides a useful compilation of comparable sentencing decisions for this category of offending.
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