A 25% guilty plea discount under s 9AA of the Sentencing Act 1995 (WA) is not available where the offender did not plead guilty or indicate an intention to plead guilty at the first reasonable opportunity, even where the sentencing judge purports to grant it. A finding that an offender cooperated with law enforcement is erroneous where the offender denied involvement in a police interview and defence counsel made no submission of cooperation. Conditionally suspended imprisonment for aggravated home burglary and aggravated armed robbery involving a home invasion with actual violence, use of a weapon, offending in company, and bodily harm is manifestly inadequate as to type.
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