The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against a total effective sentence of 10 years and 6 months (with a non-parole period of 7 years and 9 months) for two charges of rape and one charge of making a threat to kill, holding that manifest excess was not reasonably arguable. Notably, the Court disagreed with the single judge's characterisation of the individual rape sentences of 8 years as 'very stern', finding instead that the sentences were 'well open' given the objective gravity of the offending and that they were imposed following a trial.
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