Where counts are agreed to be representative, the sentencing judge is entitled to have regard to the whole of the circumstances including the wider context of offending. The offender is not punished for the represented offences by a loading of the sentence, but the sentence for the representative offence may reflect the fact that it occurred in the wider context. This practice is consistent with [name withheld] and [name withheld] because of the consensual element. Any attempt to bring further prosecution for charges covered by representative counts would likely be stayed as an abuse of process.
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