A sentencing decision for unlawful confinement and making a demand accompanied by a threat in the context of a joint criminal enterprise to extort money. The court declined an Intensive Correction Order for a recidivist offender showing no remorse, emphasising that general deterrence is a very important sentencing consideration for serious offences of this type and that lack of remorse and criminal history reduce the weight to be given to rehabilitation.
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