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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
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Blake Foden

Court deems child sex offender's sentence inadequate, but won't change it

Darcy Page outside court after his sentencing. Picture by Blake Foden

An appeal court has declared the suspended jail term imposed on a Canberra child sex offender was inadequate, but he will not be locked up after a majority of judges found prison time at this point would be "counterproductive".

Darcy Edward Page, 23, faced the ACT Court of Appeal on Wednesday, when a prosecution appeal against his two-year jail sentence was dismissed.

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