A starting point of four and a half years' imprisonment (before guilty plea discount) for aggravated threatening to cause harm is within the permissible range where the offence was premeditated, involved a weapon, was retaliatory against a prosecution witness, and was committed while on parole. When sentencing under s 18A for offences attracting different maximum guilty plea discounts, the sentencing judge must explain how the single sentence was arrived at including identification of notional starting sentences and discounts for each offence. Offences arising from a single incident but involving separate incursions into criminal conduct should not ordinarily attract wholly concurrent sentences.
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