Individual sentences of 2 years 3 months' imprisonment were upheld for accessing child pornography material involving very young children (ages 1-5) engaged in extreme sexual abuse, where the offender conducted persistent searches over multiple days, showed no remorse, and had no plea of guilty. The absence of downloading or storage of material does not prevent the offending from being characterised as serious. The tenacity and persistence of searching for child pornography material is an aggravating feature even where actual access duration is relatively short.
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