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Young (a pseudonym) v R [2022] NSWCCA 111

In this decision, the CCA has held that where a sentence has been delayed, it is permissible to take into account in mitigation not only the fact that the sentencing options have changed since the offences, but also (perhaps curiously) the very fact that the offender has been disadvantaged because t

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