Where an offender's intellectual disability is found to be a contributory feature to the commission of offences, the sentencing landscape is dramatically changed: the components of denunciation, retribution, and general deterrence are removed or diminished, and a sentence that would be manifestly inadequate for an offender of ordinary intellectual capacity may be appropriate. The characterisation of objective seriousness and the degree of concurrency between sentences remain classically within the discretion of the sentencing judge.
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