Cumulating sentences upon a count other than that attracting the heaviest sentence is not an inflexible rule and is not itself a sentencing error; the question is whether the total effective sentence is manifestly inadequate. If the prosecution wishes to urge increased penalties based on increased prevalence of a particular offence, proper evidentiary material must be put before the sentencing judge at first instance, not raised for the first time on appeal.
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