Offences taken into account on a Form 1 should not, as a general approach, attract a substantially lower penalty than if separately charged; the only basis for reduction is the acknowledgment of guilt and the operation of the totality principle. The offence of administering a stupefying drug with intent to commit an indictable offence should be sentenced having regard to the insult and harm of rendering the victim unconscious, not solely by reference to the criminality of the intended offence. The comprehensive schedule of comparable sentences for child sexual offences provides a useful reference point for sentencing in this area.
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