Confirms that for historical child sexual offences under repealed s 81 Crimes Act 1900 (ACT), full-time imprisonment remains the norm; advanced age and ill-health cannot justify a disproportionately lenient sentence. A late guilty plea on the first day of trial attracted only a 5% discount, and delay between offending and prosecution was not treated as mitigating where the offender escaped identification rather than being subject to prosecutorial delay.
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