sentence — use of carriage service to groom a person under age of 16 years offence contrary to s 474.27(1) of Commonwealth Criminal Code — additional offence of use of carriage service to send indecent material to a person under 16 years of age pursuant to s 474.27A of Commonwealth Criminal Code taken into account on sentence — objective seriousness — offending occurred over short period of time — unsophisticated planning in that offender utilised own Facebook social media account — ceased contact of own accord — objective seriousness of offending towards lower range — conduct still constituted serious offending — transmitting indecent material does increase objective seriousness of offending and must amount to some accumulation on sentence — co-operation — s 16A(2)(h) — offender ceased conduct of own accord and did not respond when urged to do so when contacted by AOI — offender made certain admissions in interview following arrest — sentencing judge found offender cooperated with Law Enforcement Agencies in the face of overwhelming case — rehabilitation — s 16A(2)(n) — offender unable to articulate true reason for criminal offending and court must therefore be guarded in assessing whether offender has good prospects of rehabilitation — while offender assessed as low-average risk of sexual recidivism, little reliance can be placed on that assessment in absence of offender’s acknowledge of sexual interest in children, clearly evident in communications with AOI — any findings to rehabilitation would have to be somewhat guarded, however it would warrant them being given a substantial period of supervision in the community — sentence — sentence imposed 15 months’ imprisonment and a recognisance release order for 15 months after imprisonment
