When determining whether an offence is 'particularly heinous' under s 176(3)(b) of the Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld), each offence must be assessed separately and the circumstances of the commission of other offences which individually attract criminal sanction cannot be taken into account to elevate an offence to particularly heinous status, though the fact that a particular offence is not an isolated one may form part of the relevant circumstances.
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