A total sentence of 27 months' imprisonment for aggravated possession of an unlicensed sawn-off shotgun combined with seven offences of driving without a valid licence over 12 months and a bail breach is within the range of a sound sentencing discretion. Cumulative licence disqualification of 84 months (12 months per offence) for seven driving-while-disqualified offences does not infringe the totality principle where the offending was blatant and repeated. The proper construction of s 49(8) of the Road Traffic Act 1974 (WA) — whether it mandates cumulative disqualification — remains unresolved.
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