A psychiatric report expressed in tentative and general terms ('could be understood', 'could be attributed') that does not establish a nexus between the psychiatric condition and the offending conduct does not compel a sentencing judge to find mitigation. Possession of two different kinds of drugs giving rise to separate deemed supply offences is not properly regarded as one episode of criminality for the purposes of concurrency. Firearms offences committed in connection with drug dealing involve significant independent criminality calling for substantial recognition in their own right, and partial accumulation with drug supply sentences does not involve double counting.
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