A sentencing judge's failure to alert parties to a statutory aggravating factor under s 21A(2) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) will not vitiate the sentence where the finding was inevitable on the facts and no practical injustice resulted, though the preferable course is to notify the parties before delivering judgment.
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