A sentencing judge who finds significantly reduced moral culpability due to Bugmy principles must expressly consider whether the offender is a suitable vehicle for general deterrence before declining to reduce the weight given to general deterrence; giving determinative significance to the seriousness of the offence category alone is an error. Further, a finding of reduced moral culpability does not lead to a reduction in objective seriousness absent the rare circumstances identified in DS v R; DM v R.
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