Common law assaults involving unwanted sexual touching of vulnerable women travelling alone at night on public transport may properly attract custodial sentences of several months, with general and specific deterrence, denunciation, and protection of the community as important sentencing considerations. The s 6AAA declaration is not part of the sentence actually imposed and is of little to no use in assessing the sentence actually imposed.
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