The Gulyas v Western Australia principles on advanced age in sentencing are endorsed as applicable in NSW. Advanced age does not automatically lead to a lesser sentence; the impact depends on evidence of age-related factors such as continuous ill health or mental impairment. It is permissible for a sentencing judge to give effect to advanced age by treating it as a special circumstance reducing the non-parole period rather than reducing the head sentence.
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