Payment of compensation by an offender, where genuinely motivated by remorse, can be a relevant factor in sentencing even for offences that would ordinarily attract actual custody, but the circumstances of this case were expressly stated not to constitute a precedent for future sentencing. An intensive correction order is a severe punishment that may be appropriate even for grievous bodily harm offences where the offender has not previously served actual custody.
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