A total effective sentence of 6 years 9 months' imprisonment for 12 sexual offences (9 indecent dealing, 3 sexual penetration) against a 14-year-old niece over five days, where the offending involved gross breach of trust, persistence, premeditation, non-consensual conduct with some violence, and victim vulnerability, does not infringe the first limb of the totality principle. The primary sentencing considerations for child sexual offences under s 321 of the Criminal Code (WA) are appropriate punishment and personal and general deterrence, having regard to the need to protect vulnerable children.
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