A collector of drugs from couriers in an importation scheme occupies a role higher than that of a courier but may be distinguished from co-collectors who played a greater organisational role. Where co-offenders with greater culpability receive lower non-parole periods on appeal, the parity principle requires adjustment to avoid a justifiable sense of grievance, even where the head sentence correctly reflects the offender's role.
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