The case applies the established test for bail pending appeal under cl 4A of pt C of sch 1 of the Bail Act 1982 (WA), confirming that the focal point must be the merits of the appeal and that strongly arguable grounds must be demonstrated. A ground of manifest excess based on family hardship will not be strongly arguable where the sentencing judge's unchallenged findings were that the hardship was not exceptional, particularly where the offending was planned and persistent and the offender had significant prior convictions for similar offences.
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