Combining lenient indicative sentences with a modest degree of notional accumulation for separate and distinct child sexual offences may produce a manifestly inadequate aggregate sentence, and the imminence of a respondent's release date is only one factor in the residual discretion which may be outweighed by the gravity of the offending, the need for sentencing guidance, and the offender's lack of insight and remorse.
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