The parity principle in sentencing remains applicable even where co-offenders' sentences are lenient, provided those sentences have been upheld on appeal as not manifestly inadequate. Time spent in a quasi-custodial rehabilitation institution must be factored into the parity comparison, and an offender should not be treated more severely than a co-offender of similar criminality because she voluntarily undertook rehabilitation.
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