Where an offender is sentenced for sexual offences against multiple separate victims, the aggregate sentence must reflect a proper degree of accumulation as between each victim to vindicate the individual dignity of each victim; a modest increment from indicative sentences to the aggregate sentence may be manifestly inadequate. The non-parole period must itself reflect the minimum period of imprisonment warranted by the criminality, and the appropriate ratio between head sentence and non-parole period was a point of disagreement (66% vs 60%).
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