The man who abducted four-year-old Cleo Smith from her family's tent in Western Australia's north-west is scheduled to be sentenced in December.
Terence Darrell Kelly held Cleo for 18 days at his house in Carnarvon last year.
Her family had been camping at a remote campground about a two-hour drive from the WA town in October when Cleo was taken from their tent.
Kelly pleaded guilty in court earlier this year and faces a maximum term of 20 years in prison for the child-stealing charge.
The WA District Court has been told his sentencing hearing will take place over two days.
It has been set down for December 13 and 14.
Kelly remains in custody and did not appear in court for Friday's hearing.
Cleo found a few streets from home
Cleo vanished in the early hours of October 16 last year, sparking a land, sea and air search along with a national appeal for information.
The family had been on a camping trip at the Quobba Blowholes on October 16, when Cleo vanished from their tent in the middle of the night. The little girl's sleeping bag was also missing.
A massive land, air and sea search was launched immediately, but there was no trace of the little girl, or the sleeping bag.
It was almost three weeks later when WA Police revealed she had been found alive in the house where Kelly lived in Carnarvon.
The house was just a few streets away from where Cleo lived with her mother Ellie, stepfather Jake and her baby sister.
Kelly was arrested, after receiving hospital treatment for what was believed to be self-inflicted injuries, and charged with forcibly taking a child under 16.
Further details then emerged about Kelly, including his obsession with Bratz dolls, of which he kept dozens in a room at his house, some still in their boxes.
