Crown delay of six months in appealing against sentence, where the respondent has been released from custody and received no notice of the Crown's dissatisfaction for more than two months after completing the custodial component, is a powerful factor in favour of exercising the residual discretion to dismiss the appeal notwithstanding appellable error. The non-parole period must appropriately reflect the criminality involved in the offence, and a six-month non-parole period for armed robbery in company at knifepoint is manifestly inadequate.
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