The offender was sentenced for his role in a violent nighttime robbery of two victims in a public park.
The offender and his co-accused used an imitation firearm and a cleaver-like knife to threaten the victims, who were also subjected to gratuitous physical violence including being pistol-whipped, kicked, and punched.
The court weighed the aggravating factors of the unprovoked violence and the offender's prior record against his rehabilitative potential.
The court imposed a global sentence of 4 years' incarceration, less 15 months of enhanced credit for pre-trial custody, resulting in a further 33 months to serve.
