An aggregate sentence of 18 years with a non-parole period of 13 years for 19 sexual offences against four victims, committed over five months through a premeditated pattern of luring victims via dating apps, was held not manifestly excessive. The case illustrates the degree of accumulation that may be justified where there are multiple separate victims and prolonged episodes of offending.
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