When a sentencing judge imposes a single sentence for multiple offences, the sentence should only encompass those offences that actually warrant imprisonment, not all offences for which imprisonment is available. However, such an error will not vitiate the sentence if the sentence imposed is within an acceptable range. A substantial period of persistent offending involving serious criminal trespass, theft, breach of bail and breach of suspended sentences may warrant a total effective sentence of over nine years even for a first-time prisoner.
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