A 20% discount for guilty pleas entered at the first available opportunity is within the 10-25% range established in R v Thomson & Houlton, particularly where the offender initially denied involvement. Classification of prisoners in custody is a matter for the executive, not the sentencing court. Partial accumulation of sentences for drug supply and firearms offences arising from related but distinct criminal conduct is appropriate.
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