A sentencing judge's use of the term 'aggravating feature' in relation to representative charges is not necessarily erroneous if used colloquially to describe the effect of the representative nature on the seriousness of the offending, consistently with CJK. Identical sentences on charges of differing objective seriousness may be justified where the apparently less serious charge carries greater moral culpability due to factors such as return to offending after earlier admissions and breach of trust. The Dalgliesh uplift for mid-range incest offences supports sentences significantly higher than historical levels.
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