Australia, April 8 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 7:
1. BASTEN AJA: The applicant faced a trial in the District Court in 2023 on eight charges of child sexual offences involving two victims aged between 11 and 12 years. One was the offender's foster daughter. (There being a statutory non-publication order relating to the names and identity of the victims, the name of the applicant has been anonymised.) The applicant was convicted and sentenced by the trial judge, McGrath SC DCJ, who imposed an aggregate sentence of imprisonment for 20 years with a non-parole period of 15 years. The sentence commenced on 29 June 2023; the non-parole period therefore expires on 28 June 2038.
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