In sentencing young offenders for ongoing drug supply under s 25A of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, general deterrence, while significant, must to some degree yield to considerations of rehabilitation. A sentence of 5 years imprisonment (3 years non-parole) for an 18-year-old first-time prisoner involved in a relatively small-scale heroin supply operation over one month was manifestly excessive; 4 years (2 years non-parole) was substituted.
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