For stealing as a servant involving approximately $42,000-$45,000 over 52 transactions in breach of trust, with a 40-year criminal history of 132 dishonesty offences, a sentence of three years imprisonment with parole at the one-third mark is at the lenient end of the available range. The sentencing range for such offending extends at least as high as four years. Where the sentence imposed largely reflects the defence submission below, it is very difficult to establish that the sentence is manifestly excessive.
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