An aggregate sentence of 8 years and 6 months imprisonment for three sexual offences against a child aged 5-8 (including sexual intercourse with a child under 10, grooming, and a sexual act with a child under 10, with two further offences on a Form 1) was upheld as not manifestly excessive where the objective seriousness of each offence was found to be just below mid-range.
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