Rehabilitation may be treated as the paramount sentencing consideration for a young first-time offender convicted of rape, even where the offending involves high moral culpability and a vulnerable victim, such that sentences well below the standard sentence for rape are within range. The Dinsdale principle against appellate tinkering on Crown appeals prevents an appellate court from increasing a non-parole period by a modest amount (four months) even where the court considers the non-parole period very low.
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