Sentencing – mitigation

March 2025 | Crime
The overriding principle of totality is that the overall sentence should reflect all the offending behaviour, with reference to overall harm and culpability and the aggravating and mitigating factors relating to the offences, and those personal to the offender. The sentence should also be just and proportionate. In this case, a sentence of 18 years’ …
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