sentencing judge or magistrates also want to know: in a case of theft, how much was stolen and whether offender was in a position of trust, in a case of assault, what injuries were inflicted, whether assault was premeditated and whether the victim was vulnerable (young or elderly), whether the offender was in a position of trust and abused that trust - offence considered as being more serious and merit a longer than usual sentence, where several offenders are convicted of committing a crime jointly - whether any of them played a greater part than the others, and who was involved in planning it