Restitution achieved by committing further offences to cover up earlier criminal offending is not to be treated as indicative of contrition or rehabilitation. Where the circumstances warrant a head sentence of nine years, home detention need only be considered in cases involving the most extraordinary personal circumstances. A sentencing judge does not err by failing to refer to suspension or home detention where the outcome is inevitable given the seriousness of the offending.
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