Under s 8(4) of the Sentencing Act 1995 (WA), a sentencing judge is not required to quantify the discount given for an early plea of guilty or other mitigating factors; the judge need only state the fact that a discount has been given. The absence of aggravating factors does not constitute a mitigating factor. Sentences of 10 years' imprisonment for motor vehicle manslaughter involving grossly reckless driving causing two deaths were within the sentencing range, though at the top of it.
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