A planned armed robbery involving loaded firearms discharged at victims in a confined space, where no death or serious injury results, is towards the higher end of the scale and warrants sentences well above the lower third of the 25-year maximum. A Crown appeal under s.567A of the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) is not the appropriate vehicle for challenging a refusal to make a compensation order under s.86 of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic), as such orders are made on behalf of victims and do not engage the public interest contemplated by s.567A. The offence of reckless conduct endangering life is not wholly subsumed by the armed robbery charge where firearms were discharged, and some cumulation is warranted.
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