The totality principle requires that cumulated sentences for a series of offences arising from a single outbreak of criminality and a subsequent attempt to avoid its consequences must not produce a crushing burden on a young first-time offender. Attempts to suborn complainants in perverting the course of justice cases are not necessarily less serious than attempts to suborn judges or law enforcement officers.
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