A head sentence of three years imprisonment for residential burglary with a lengthy criminal history including prior robbery convictions, combined with concurrent sentences for associated offending, with parole eligibility at the date of sentence, is within the sound exercise of the sentencing discretion. The fixing of a parole eligibility date at the date of sentence rather than suspension of sentence is an appropriate moderation where the offender has an unfavourable court report and longstanding drug addiction.
The full text is available to signed-in members, including the 2 later cases that cite this judgment.