Where an offender submits that offending was 'completely out of character', a sentencing judge may permissibly use ongoing aspects of the offender's character that contributed to the offending to reduce the weight given to previous good character, without this constituting impermissible double counting provided those traits are not also used to aggravate the offending.
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