The weight to be given to delay in prosecution, extra-curial punishment, and post-offence ameliorative conduct are discretionary matters for the sentencing judge, and an appellate court will not interfere where the findings are open on the evidence. Post-offence ameliorative conduct requires 'something special' beyond merely taking steps to redress the effect of the crime; administering CPR after inflicting fatal injuries, where the conduct was motivated as much by self-interest as concern for the victim, does not qualify. A sentencing judge is entitled to give little weight to a psychiatric opinion on rehabilitation prospects where the psychiatrist did not have information about subsequent offending.
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