A sentence of 4 years' imprisonment (after a 25% discount for early guilty plea) for a single count of burglary under s 401(2) of the Criminal Code (WA) is within the sound discretionary range where the offender has an extensive criminal record including 18 prior burglary convictions, entrenched drug dependency, committed the offence while on bail for numerous other offences, and has poor rehabilitation prospects. The range of sentences customarily imposed does not fix the boundaries of the sound sentencing discretion.
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