Armed robbery offences involving threats with replica firearms but no physical injury, committed by offenders without prior violent histories, are not 'out of the norm' for robbery offences and do not warrant serious violent offence declarations under s 161B(3) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), at least where the head sentence is towards the top of the appropriate range. A global sentence of eight years' imprisonment for a spate of escalating drug-fuelled offending including three armed robberies, arson, and numerous property offences is within range.
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