The Court sentenced the offender to a total of two years and six months imprisonment for demanding money with menaces, dishonestly taking a motor vehicle without consent, and common assault, with additional offences taken into account. Having successfully completed the Karralika rehabilitation program as required by a Deferred Sentence Order under s 27 of the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005 (ACT), the sentence was suspended immediately with a two-year good behaviour order including a probation supervision condition. The Court emphasised that the offender's rehabilitation progress and the prospect of restoration of his child from care justified not requiring further full-time custody despite the seriousness of the offences.
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