A sentence of eight years imprisonment is within the sentencing discretion for breaking and entering a gun shop and stealing 55 firearms destined for the black market, where the offender's role was as lookout and carrier, the offence was sophisticated and well-planned, and stolen firearms were subsequently used in criminal activity. The foreseeable consequence that stolen firearms will be used in subsequent criminal offences significantly increases culpability beyond ordinary property offending, taking the appropriate sentence beyond the range for typical breaking and entering offences committed to service drug addiction.
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