A serious violent offence declaration under s 161B(3) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) must be considered as part of the integrated process of instinctive synthesis, not separately after sentence is imposed, and the defendant must be given an opportunity to be heard before such a declaration is made. For sexual burglary offending involving a single count of burglary in the night and a single count of sexual assault (touching vagina of sleeping victim), a starting point of eight years' imprisonment for the burglary is appropriate even where the offender has an extensive history of similar offending and was on parole at the time, with amelioration required for the cumulative effect of the sentence upon a prior term.
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