Sentences of 6 years for individual rape charges committed during a prolonged episode of false imprisonment involving planning, deception, exploitation of a vulnerable victim, and repeated ignoring of the victim's protests were manifestly inadequate. Sentences in the range of 8 years 6 months to 9 years were appropriate, with escalation for successive rapes reflecting the DDJ principle. All acts of non-consensual penetration are objectively serious irrespective of the form and extent of penetration — a submission that penile contact without full penetration was 'not a particularly serious example' of rape was rejected.
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