A restitution or compensation order should not be made as part of a sentence where the offender has no apparent means of satisfying the order after serving a term of actual imprisonment, as such an order may jeopardise rehabilitation, amount to a crushing sentence, and risk setting up the offender to fail upon release. Property restrained under the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 (Qld) cannot be used to satisfy a restitution order made as part of a sentence.
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