For conspiracy to supply heroin in a large commercial quantity (approximately 2 kg at 73.6% purity), where the offender is classified as 'middle management', a sentence of 12 years imprisonment with a 7 year non-parole period was appropriate for a 25-year-old first offender with good rehabilitation prospects following trial. A sentence of 14 years was manifestly excessive in those circumstances.
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