An aggregate sentence of 5 years' imprisonment for two armed robberies committed by a young offender with no prior violent record, where the second offence was committed while on bail, is within the appropriate sentencing range and does not infringe the totality principle. The general sentencing range for a single offence of armed robbery in Western Australia is 6-9 years (or 4-6 years after transitional provisions) as established in Miles v The Queen.
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