Extraordinary post-offence events — here, a violent attack on the offender and her family following disclosure of the crime — can displace the ordinary requirement of full-time custody for serious breach of trust fraud offences where general deterrence would normally be paramount. The exceptional circumstances doctrine in sentencing is not empty rhetoric but a genuine qualification to consistency principles, capable of application where the factual material takes the case outside the normal mainstream of sentencing approach.
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