For two charges of indecent act with a child under 16 (s 47(1) Crimes Act 1958) involving a 47-year-old offender in a position of trust directing a 6-year-old to masturbate him on two occasions, with early guilty plea, no prior convictions, and engagement with counselling, a total effective sentence of 30 months' imprisonment with 18-month non-parole period was appropriate; a total effective sentence of 5 years was manifestly excessive where individual sentences were twice the median.
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