The gravity of false imprisonment is to be assessed by reference to all aggravating features of the continuing offence — including threats, confinement conditions, duration, and the victim's terror — not merely by reference to the physical injuries sustained. Where an offender has prior convictions for strikingly similar offending, specific deterrence assumes heightened importance in the sentencing calculus.
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