Full restitution and demonstrated rehabilitation, even combined with significant delay, guilty pleas, and no prior criminal history, do not mandate a wholly suspended sentence for stealing as a servant. A sentencing judge retains discretion to impose a period of actual custody for breach of trust offences notwithstanding strong mitigating factors.
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