Where an offender's serious health problems will make incarceration more burdensome, those problems must be reflected in both the total sentence and the non-parole period, not merely the non-parole period. When assessing whether an offender is of good character, the offence for which the offender is being sentenced is irrelevant; if prior offences are found to be stale and of no consequence, the offender is entitled to be treated as a person of good character.
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