A non-custodial sentence for robbery may be within the sentencing judge's discretion where the offender is a young first offender who pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity, expressed remorse, paid full compensation, was of good character, and was in paid employment, and where the objective criminality was at the lower end of the range. Care must be taken when applying sentencing principles established in cases involving very grave offending to cases of far less seriousness.
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