The established sentencing policy for white collar fraud involving abuse of trust requires substantial head sentences with a significant gap between head sentence and non-parole period, reflecting both general deterrence and the typical subjective features of such offenders (no prior criminal history, unlikely to reoffend, good rehabilitation prospects). Where sentences are accumulated, fixed terms without non-parole periods on lesser counts must not create anomalies whereby the effective custodial period for those counts exceeds the non-parole period for more serious counts.
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