A ground of appeal contending that a sentencing judge placed insufficient weight on a guilty plea does not justify setting aside the sentence, even where the discount is expressly quantified and is substantially less than the general practice of one-third. The applicant must instead rely on the ground of manifest excess. A sentence of 14 years' imprisonment (discounted from 16 years) for maintaining a sexual relationship involving hundreds of penile rapes of a child aged 9 to 13, with offending against four complainants over 13 years, is not manifestly excessive.
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