A sentence of two years' Youth Justice Centre detention for armed robbery involving a knife against a vulnerable, isolated service station attendant is within range even where the offender is a young person with no prior convictions, positive rehabilitation prospects, stable employment, and family support. The gravity of armed robbery offending and the need for just punishment, denunciation and general deterrence may outweigh the primacy ordinarily given to rehabilitation for young offenders.
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