When a suspended sentence is revoked and ordered to be served cumulatively with a new sentence, the correct approach is to fix the head sentence for the new offence, accumulate the revoked suspended sentence to that head sentence, and then fix the non-parole period having regard to the total period of imprisonment. The revoked suspended sentence should not be separately added to the non-parole period as this distorts the ratio between the head sentence and non-parole period.
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