The Court sentenced the offender to an aggregate State sentence of 20 years (NPP 15 years) and an aggregate Commonwealth sentence of 9 years (NPP 3 years, adjusted to maintain the statutory ratio overall), for a total effective sentence of 24 years with an 18-year non-parole period, for 8 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10, child abuse material production, possession and transmission offences. The Court structured the mixed State/Commonwealth sentence by having the Commonwealth aggregate commence at the expiry of the State non-parole period, reducing the Commonwealth NPP to achieve an overall ratio consistent with the State statutory ratio. The Court rejected much of the offender's self-reported history of childhood sexual abuse as implausible, finding the subjective case provided only modest assistance, and assessed prospects of rehabilitation and risk of reoffending unfavourably.
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