Sentences imposed in the Children's Court on co-offenders are relevant to parity considerations for adult co-offenders, though the different sentencing objectives in the Children's Court limit the weight of such comparisons. The parity principle does not require reduction to a sentence disproportionate to the criminality involved, and a court may decline to intervene where the co-offender's sentence was so inadequate that the sense of grievance cannot be regarded as legitimate.
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