Where pre-sentence custody is complicated by overlapping periods of custody for multiple matters, a sentencing judge should not adopt a broad or rough assessment but should identify the periods unequivocally referable to the index offence. An error in calculating pre-sentence custody that does not affect the overall sentencing discretion is treated as an arithmetical error, and appellate intervention is confined to correcting the commencement date.
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