The County Court sentenced a 72-year-old first-time offender accountant to 3 years' imprisonment with an 18-month non-parole period for four charges of fraudulently inducing clients to invest $950,000 in a company he solely controlled, applying continuing criminal enterprise provisions under Part 2B of the Sentencing Act 1991. The Court emphasised general deterrence, denunciation and just punishment as the primary sentencing considerations for this type of professional breach-of-trust fraud, while tempering the sentence for the offender's very early guilty plea, advanced age, previous good character, significant delay in investigation and prosecution, partial restitution, and strong rehabilitation prospects. The s 6AAA indication was 4 years and 3 months with a 2.5-year non-parole period but for the guilty plea.
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