Differences between co-offenders in role in the offending, plea of guilty, remorse, criminal history, and youth can justify a significant disparity in sentencing outcomes, including the difference between immediate and suspended imprisonment. A sentence of 2 years 6 months' immediate imprisonment for an aggravated home burglary involving forced entry into an occupied home, a sustained violent assault causing physical and psychological harm, and no guilty plea, was considered lenient by the Court of Appeal.
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