The Court sentenced the offender to concurrent terms of imprisonment for nine counts of burglary and one count of attempted burglary committed during a 24-hour crime spree, with the most serious charges attracting 40 months and the remainder 30 months (after a 15% guilty plea discount). The Court applied a high degree of concurrency given the spree nature of the offending, reset the non-parole period to run from the commencement of the existing sentence under s 66 of the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005 (ACT), and declined to grant parole time credit under s 161D of the Crimes (Sentencing Administration) Act 2005 (ACT) as the offending occurred within three months of release and no special circumstances were established. The Court accepted Bugmy principles reduced the weight of general deterrence and denunciation but found the offender's extensive 38-year criminal history and poor compliance with parole warranted significant custodial sentences emphasising specific deterrence and community protection.
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