ABSTRACT
In assessing seriousness where there is more than one offence, the court looks at the seriousness of the combination of associated offences.
Section 161(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 provides that an offence is an associated offence with another offence (which we may call the main offence) if: • it is an offence of which the defendant has been convicted, or for which he
is to be sentenced, in the same proceedings as the main offence; or • it is an offence which the offender has asked the court to take into
consideration (see 12.9.1 below) when passing sentence for the main offence.
