An offender who pleads guilty to a serious offence is not obliged to provide a comprehensive, detailed account of the sequence of events of the offending; a sentencing judge errs in tempering the mitigating value of a timely guilty plea on the basis that the offender failed to provide such an account, particularly where the court has found no consciously-informed obfuscation or denial.
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