A discount of approximately 14% for a plea of guilty is manifestly inadequate where discounts of 20-30% or more are commonly given for early pleas. The sentencing range for armed robbery of banks in Western Australia is 6-9 years for a single offence. A total sentence of 14 years before discount for five robbery offences committed over two weeks by a heroin-addicted offender was appropriate as a starting point, but the discount for the guilty plea should have been 25%.
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