A sentence of 16 years imprisonment with an 11-year non-parole period for three counts of rape and one count of aggravated serious criminal trespass involving premeditation, a weapon, binding, and serious injury is within the proper sentencing range. The absence of similar reoffending over a lengthy period between offending and arrest does not render such a sentence manifestly excessive where the offender shows no remorse or insight and there is a paucity of evidence of positive rehabilitation.
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