Discretionary circumstances of sentencing is a tool that laws grant judges and can make them play a balance role in criminal sanction in the light of specific conditions of concrete cases.

酌定量刑情节是法律赋予法官的一种工具，使其能根据具体案件的特殊情况，发挥平衡刑事制裁的作用。

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After the sentencing hearing, Det Con David Evans explained that the "complex" case came to light following a Welsh government audit investigation which was triggered by information concerning financial irregularities at the charity.

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