A sentencing judge's assessment of the level of rehabilitation achieved by an offender involves an evaluative judgment considering positive and negative factors, and a factual error as to the precise period over which rehabilitation occurred does not necessarily give rise to appellable error where the overall assessment remains open on the evidence. The fact that an offender did not reoffend during a period on bail is consistent with progress towards rehabilitation but does not mandate a finding of 'substantial' rehabilitation.
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