A sentencing judge is not obliged to give credit for pre-trial admissions made by an accused person, save to the extent that such admissions are relevant to the question of remorse under ss 5(2C) and 5(2D) of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic). Pre-trial concessions made in the course of case management are not concessions against interest warranting reward on sentence. When sentencing on rolled-up counts, comparison with sentences for single instances of dishonesty is potentially misleading.
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