A sentencing judge's failure to refer to the standard non-parole period or to characterise the offence by reference to a mid-range offence constitutes error, but the Court will not intervene under s 6(3) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 unless a lesser sentence is warranted. Restitution is one way to demonstrate remorse under s 21A(3)(i) but is not the only way; a sentencing judge does not err by noting the absence of restitution provided remorse is otherwise accepted. The scope of s 21A(2)(eb) in shared accommodation contexts was left open.
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