A total effective sentence of 6 years' imprisonment for a combination of two dangerous/reckless driving to escape pursuit offences, two aggravated assaults on public officers, and five aggravated burglaries (targeting elderly victims), committed while subject to suspended imprisonment, was held not to infringe the first limb of the totality principle. Comparable sentencing cases involving different offence mixes are of limited utility in totality appeals.
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