A late application for bail pending appeal, where the delay has largely frustrated the purpose of forestalling injustice from serving an unacceptable portion of sentence, significantly diminishes the weight of the likely hearing delay as a factor favouring bail. The relevant measure for assessing service of sentence is the head sentence, not the non-parole period.
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