A conceded factual error by a sentencing judge constitutes House v R error requiring the appellate court to resentence, but the appeal will be dismissed where the court concludes upon independent exercise of the sentencing discretion that no lesser sentence is warranted. Describing sexual offending against children as 'consensual' tends to lead to error in principle; mere lack of opposition by a child victim should not be treated as a mitigating factor.
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