The policy underlying s 56(2) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), requiring consecutive sentences for offences committed by convicted inmates, also applies to offences committed by persons on remand in custody. Where a sentencing judge has specifically adverted to the impact of accumulation on the combined non-parole period ratio and the non-parole period was not set inadvertently, there is no obligation to give further effect to a finding of special circumstances by reducing the effective non-parole period across combined sentences. A sentencing judge is entitled to reject expert psychological evidence where the factual basis for the opinion is undermined by other evidence before the court.
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