A sentence of three years' imprisonment (cumulative upon an existing sentence, totalling six years with a four-year non-parole period) for two counts of theft and one count of driving dangerously to escape police pursuit involving a 30-minute high-speed pursuit with collisions was held to be well within the sentencing discretion. A defendant with extensive criminal antecedents and a history of breaching bonds cannot expect the leniency that might be extended to a person with no relevant prior offending.
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