The decision to accumulate a firearms sentence wholly upon concurrent sentences for false instrument offences committed on the same day is a proper exercise of discretion where the firearms offence involves a discrete form of criminal offending. The hardship of imprisonment for a foreign national with limited English and no family in Australia warrants only limited recognition in sentencing.
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