Recovery of stolen property has minimal ameliorating effect in sentencing for larceny by a servant and does not reduce the objective degree of criminality. Larceny by a servant involving breach of trust, planning, and a significant amount stolen over an extended period demands a full-time custodial sentence, and a good behaviour bond in such circumstances is manifestly inadequate. Judicial Commission statistics are a guide only and may reflect a pattern of leniency.
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