The [name withheld] range of 4-6 years' imprisonment for a single offence of armed robbery does not fix rigid boundaries, and a sentence of 2 years' immediate imprisonment may be within the range of a sound exercise of the sentencing discretion where the offence is not at the most serious end and significant mitigating factors are present. The case illustrates that armed robbery involving a capped syringe that was not brandished, no physical injury, no premeditation, and a short duration may properly be characterised as not at the most serious end of offending.
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