A sentence of 12 years' imprisonment for armed robbery offences, while not justified for a single series of offences, may reflect a sound exercise of sentencing discretion where the offender committed a second series of like offences while on bail for the first. The commission of further offences while on bail for like offences is a significant aggravating factor that can justify sentences at the higher end of the range. An applicant seeking to set aside guilty pleas on appeal must provide sworn or probative evidence to support claims of coercion or incapacity; bare assertions in submissions are insufficient.
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