A sentence of five years imprisonment (without recommendation for early release) for stealing as a clerk between $200,000 and $250,000 over 14.5 months in a position of trust, following a trial with no guilty plea or remorse, is within the appropriate sentencing range. Where the precise amount stolen is uncertain, a sentencing judge may estimate the amount on the available evidence, including admissions and circumstantial evidence, provided the estimate is favourable to the offender.
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