Where an offender gives evidence on sentence merely affirming the truth of a history provided to a psychologist, and there are obvious inconsistencies between that history and the agreed facts, the sentencing judge is not obliged to accept the self-serving statements in the report. The totality principle requires a sentencing judge to address and explain the degree of accumulation where offences represent a continuation of the same criminal activity with significant overlap in criminality.
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