Prior convictions for driving whilst disqualified are capable of demonstrating a continuing attitude of disobedience of the law under Veen (No 2) principles, even when the offences for sentence are of a wholly different character. The absence of prior full-time imprisonment does not preclude the relevance of prior convictions to personal deterrence. For s 193B(1) offences, the fact that proceeds derive from a single fraudulent scheme does not necessarily place the offence at the lower end of seriousness, and the maximum penalty for the foundational offence is not a constraint on the sentence for the money laundering offence.
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