When considering whether 'proper grounds' exist to excuse a breach of a suspended sentence bond under s 114(3) of the Sentencing Act 2017 (SA), the court may have regard to the offender's history of similar offending — not only the offending giving rise to the suspended sentence bond, but prior similar offending more generally — as it informs the seriousness of the breach and the proportionality of revocation. However, subsequent rehabilitative treatment does not constitute a proper ground for excusing a breach.
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