A sentencing judge is not required to express the assessment of objective seriousness of each offence in any particular way. The setting of different indicative sentences for different offences may itself demonstrate that the judge took into account the facts relating to distinct offences. Where arguments about differentiation of roles or offences were not raised below, the failure to raise them will be relevant to whether a miscarriage of justice has occurred on appeal.
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