A head sentence of three years imprisonment for multiple burglary and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle offences, cumulative upon an activated 30-month suspended sentence, was within range for a 22-year-old recidivist offender with approximately 146 prior property convictions and three prior dangerous driving convictions, where the sentencing judge moderated the head sentence from four to three years to reflect totality. Drug addiction explains but does not excuse offending.
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