The Supreme Court of South Australia dismissed a sentence appeal, holding that the Magistrate did not err in imposing consecutive sentences for a breach of ANCOR reporting obligations under s 66L(2) of the Child Sex Offenders Registration Act 2006 (SA) and 17 breaches of a written direction under s 86(4) of the Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017 (SA). The Court held that the intervening service of the s 86 written direction while the appellant was in custody meant the two categories of offending were separate incursions into criminal conduct rather than a single course of conduct, justifying cumulative sentences. The Court also held that referring to the child as a 'victim' was not erroneous given the protective purpose of the written direction, notwithstanding the absence of sexual or physical contact.
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