A sentencing judge's decision to suspend a term of imprisonment for serious drug trafficking offences will not be disturbed on appeal where the judge gave careful consideration to an unusual combination of circumstances, even where the appellate court might not have taken the same course. The discretion to suspend under s 76 of the Sentencing Act 1995 (WA) is primarily that of the sentencing judge.
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