An aggregate sentence of 16.5 years (NPP 11.5 years) for six charges of armed/aggravated armed robbery relating to nine incidents by an 18-year-old offender armed with a firearm on seven occasions, with prior convictions, was within the available range. The degree of accumulation of sentences for discrete offences with separate victims is a matter of discretion for the sentencing judge, and comparable cases involving fewer or less serious offences provide limited guidance where the number and gravity of offences differ significantly.
The full text is available to signed-in members, including the 2 later cases that cite this judgment.
1 of the 2 citing cases carry a classified treatment. How each court treated it is available to signed-in members.