A guilty plea entered after numerous detailed conferences with counsel explaining the nature and duration of a maintaining count, including specific instructions to plead guilty, will not be set aside on the basis that the accused did not understand the charge. A sentence of 15 years imprisonment for maintaining a sexual relationship with a child involving escalating sexual offending over six years against a biological daughter aged 7 to 13, including extensive recording and cataloguing of the abuse, was within the range of a sound sentencing discretion.
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