Where the same aggravating factor (such as injury to the complainant) constitutes the circumstance of aggravation for multiple offences arising from a single criminal enterprise, the sentencing court must exercise caution to avoid duplication of punishment through accumulation of sentences. The appropriate remedy where accumulation is found excessive is to adjust commencement dates to increase concurrency rather than to alter individual sentences.
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