A Hunter man convicted of sexually assaulting 14 women and girls after befriending them on social media has had five years cut from his jail term, after successfully appealing against his sentence. 7NEWS
SentencingBenn would randomly trawl social media pages of young women in theHe spent weeks chatting to a 17-year-old, who told him she had never been on a date, then raped her twice, leaving her shocked and worried about how her family would react if she told them.
Benn argued the sentencing judge erred in determining his sentence, which was manifestly excessive, and reasons were not given for departures from standard non-parole periods and a finding on whether there were special circumstances. Benn was re-sentenced once the error was established, but his initial jail term was not determined to be manifestly excessive.
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