Arson is a very serious crime and the need for deterrence must generally be given substantial weight when sentencing. Fully concurrent sentences are inappropriate where offences involve separate incursions into criminal conduct, even where committed on the same occasion. The totality principle requires partially consecutive sentences to be imposed in such circumstances.
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