A sentencing judge is not obliged to give credit for time spent on home detention bail, particularly where the offender abused drugs during that period; it remains a matter for the sentencing judge to determine whether credit should be given and how it is quantified. A sentencing judge is entitled to express scepticism about claimed contrition where no offer of compensation has been made despite apparent resources and the passage of considerable time since the offending.
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