A sentencing judge's failure to expressly refer to periodic detention in sentencing remarks does not itself constitute error, provided the sentence imposed is not erroneous having regard to the nature and circumstances of the offences. Motor vehicle re-birthing as part of an organised criminal enterprise warrants full-time custody notwithstanding mitigating personal circumstances.
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