Grounds of appeal framed as 'insufficient weight' given to sentencing factors remain extremely difficult to sustain where the sentencing judge demonstrably considered those factors. Such grounds import a tacit concession that some weight was given and are, in substance, particulars of a manifest excess ground. The assessment of remorse is better informed where the offender gives evidence directly, and a finding of limited insight into offending is relevant to the assessment of remorse.
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