Vigilante action motivated by a victim's prior criminal conduct is not a mitigating factor in sentencing and may have an aggravating effect. A sentence of three years' imprisonment with parole after 12 months is within range for a night-time home invasion involving a weapon and assault occasioning bodily harm.
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