A head sentence of four years (before discount) for aggravated possession of a loaded firearm without a licence by a first offender with motorcycle gang associations was held to be within the sentencing discretion by the majority, though the dissent considered starting points of two and a half to three and a half years more appropriate. Cumulative sentences totalling eight years for two sets of firearms and drug offending committed while on bail were not crushing. Amendments to sentencing legislation allowing greater reductions for guilty pleas do not apply retrospectively to sentences imposed before enactment.
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