The Queensland Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against sentences for multiple armed robbery offences, finding the sentences were not manifestly excessive. The Court accepted that substantial custodial sentences were appropriate where the offending involved use of weapons, threats of violence causing severe mental anguish to victims, some degree of planning, offences committed over a short period while on bail or after an arrest warrant was issued, and an extensive criminal history, notwithstanding the absence of actual violence and a recommendation for rehabilitative treatment.
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