A sentence of five to six years' imprisonment is within the appropriate range for stealing a motor vehicle accompanied by reckless driving under s 378(2)(a) of the Criminal Code (WA), particularly where the driving involves calculated disregard for lives, safety and police authority. An Aboriginal offender's disadvantaged background carries less mitigatory weight where there is a long history of offending and continuing disobedience of the law.
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