“As the Recorder rightly said, the jury’s verdicts meant that you had engaged in a sustained, systemic, unending and relentless campaign of the vilest abuse imaginable of your own children for over a decade. You were found guilty, amongst other things, of: • raping your son, 33 times; • raping your daughter, 24 times; • raping your daughter, 24 times; and. • attempting to rape your daughter. The sentence which the Recorder imposed was entirely merited. As for your grounds of appeal: (1) No pre-sentence report was necessary. (2) The fact that you had no previous convictions provided little, if any, mitigation in a case of this nature. (3) You have provided no medical evidence in relation to your mental health issues. They cannot reduce your culpability for your offending. They can be treated in prison. (4) The Recorder was entitled to refer in his sentencing remarks to the ‘cutlery incident’ in 2012. He had heard the evidence at trial and was well-placed to form an impression of your character. He regarded that incident as illustrative of your tendency to ‘Lie, deny, minimise, criticise.’. (5) Your allegation that the Recorder spoke to a witness in private is based on a misunderstanding of the Recorder’s sentencing remarks. The Recorder quoted from an entry in the police records in which a police officer wrote, ‘I have spoken to the mother of the victim …’. (6) The fact that you complied with your bail conditions provided little, if any, mitigation in a case of this nature. (7) The Recorder’s sentencing remarks provide no support for your unparticularised allegation that he was biased. (8) The Recorder was entitled to have regard to what your victims said. (9) Your criticism of your lawyers’ conduct of the trial is not relevant to your proposed appeal against sentence. (10) You say that you were convicted on circumstantial evidence. That is irrelevant to your appeal against sentence, but it is also incorrect. Your victims gave direct, not circumstantial, evidence.”