A total effective sentence of 2 years' imprisonment for a taxation accountant who stole approximately $77,000 from clients including a family member, with no prior criminal record, full (though belated) restitution, and a 25% fast-track guilty plea discount, was within the range of sentences customarily imposed for similar offending and did not infringe the totality principle. The case confirms that the familial relationship between offender and victim is an aggravating factor as an added aspect of breach of trust.
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