An aggregate sentence of 12 years imprisonment for three armed robberies in company, one attempted armed robbery in company, three motor vehicle thefts, one theft of registration plates and one assault occasioning bodily harm, committed over approximately one year by a heroin-addicted offender with a long criminal history, was held not manifestly excessive by the majority. The totality principle does not require further reduction where the sentencing judge has already made the majority of sentences concurrent.
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