The Court of Appeal reduced the applicant's sentence for trafficking in methylamphetamine from 8 years to 7 years' imprisonment, holding that insufficient differentiation had been made between the applicant and a co-offender who was also trafficking in a first schedule drug, particularly given the applicant's plea of guilty and co-operation with authorities. The Court declined to receive fresh evidence of the applicant's past co-operation with police, distinguishing R v Maniadis on the basis that the material was available at trial and, on the whole, did not place the applicant in a more favourable position.
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