The Court sentenced two co-offenders for a series of ram raid and arson-related offences targeting tobacconist shops, holding that ram raids remain a serious instance of break and enter offending regardless of whether the serious indictable offence element is damage to property rather than larceny. Bramley-Davis received an aggregate sentence of 8 years (NPP 4½ years) for 5 indictment counts and 2 s166 matters, and Yek received an aggregate sentence of 6 years (NPP 3 years) for 3 indictment counts and 1 s166 matter, with the Court finding mid-range objective seriousness for the principal offences and applying a 25% discount for guilty pleas. The Court accepted Bugmy-adjacent background factors and psychological evidence for both offenders as slightly reducing moral culpability but held these did not amount to profound disadvantage, and found reasonable prospects of rehabilitation warranting special circumstances.
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