A total effective sentence of 55 months for 40 commercial burglaries, 3 attempted burglaries and 26 thefts committed over 8 months — involving $332,000 in stolen goods and $50,000 in property damage, committed while on bail by an offender with relevant prior convictions — was manifestly inadequate. The Court of Appeal substituted an aggregate sentence of 7 years with a 5-year non-parole period. Rehabilitation efforts commenced only after arrest and as a condition of bail carry diminished mitigatory weight, particularly where the offender had previously failed to address the underlying cause of offending.
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