For armed robberies committed against soft targets — defenceless, isolated persons at service stations and convenience stores late at night — general deterrence is the primary sentencing consideration and mitigating personal circumstances including good prospects of rehabilitation must to a degree give way. A total effective sentence of 10 years with a 7-year non-parole period for 12 armed robberies using a sawn-off shotgun over two months was within range.
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