The Court sentenced a 22-year-old Wirradjuri man to a total effective sentence of 3 years, 3 months and 10 days' imprisonment (reduced by 18% for guilty plea from 4 years) for offences including accessory to culpable driving causing GBH, arson, driving stolen vehicles, aggravated dangerous driving, and driving while disqualified, arising from a high-speed tandem driving incident that resulted in a fatality. The Court rejected a submission for a 35% guilty plea discount where the offender contended his lawyers prompted the DPP to substitute a lesser charge, applying only 18%. Despite accepting Bugmy considerations and reduced moral culpability due to profound disadvantage and impaired decision-making, the Court held that the threshold for full-time imprisonment was crossed given the offender's extensive criminal history and prior leniency from other judges, and imposed an indefinite driver licence disqualification.
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