An overall sentence of 25 years imprisonment with an 18-year non-parole period for 16 offences arising from a home invasion involving multiple robberies and aggravated sexual assaults is not crushing or unreasonable where the offender was the ringleader, was on parole for a prior sexual assault, and the objective seriousness was at the upper end of the mid-range. The commission of multiple offences carrying standard non-parole periods, combined with poor rehabilitation prospects and the need for community protection, may disentitle an offender to the element of mercy that the crushing sentence principle contemplates.
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