A head sentence of three years imprisonment is manifestly excessive for relatively minor examples of receiving stolen property, even where the offender has a significant criminal history, committed the offences while on parole, and showed no remorse. Two years imprisonment was the appropriate head sentence in such circumstances. When fixing a parole eligibility date under s 160F(2) PSA, the court must consider the offender's total period of imprisonment, but should not fix an earlier date where doing so would undermine the sanction for parole breach.
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