Where charges of ongoing supply and supply of a drug arise from the same course of criminal activity, full accumulation of sentences is likely to produce a manifestly excessive total sentence. Partial accumulation or concurrency should be considered, with the appropriate course depending on the temporal gap between the offences. The sentencing range for ongoing supply of drugs (cocaine and heroin) at the time was approximately 14 months to 5 years.
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