The Henry guideline judgment for armed robbery does not apply where the offence involved substantial actual violence with serious injuries, the offender had prior convictions for armed robbery, and the value of goods stolen was substantial. The determination of accumulation of sentences is discretionary but circumscribed by the totality principle: the question is whether the sentence for one offence can comprehend and reflect the criminality of the other. The Thomson & Houlton guidance on plea discounts should not be elevated to a mathematical formula.
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