A total effective sentence of 6 years' imprisonment was upheld for sustained sexual offending against a 14-year-old involving eight counts of sexual penetration, one count of indecent dealing, and four counts of supplying cannabis, where the offender (aged 47) groomed and exploited the victim by exchanging cannabis for sexual favours over at least two months. The case confirms that grooming, corruption and exploitation of a child through prostitution in exchange for a prohibited drug is an especially egregious aggravating factor in sentencing for child sexual offences.
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