The Court of Appeal held that concurrent sentences of 12 years' imprisonment on each of three drug counts (trafficking, possession of things for trafficking, and possession of dangerous drugs) were manifestly excessive, and substituted sentences of 10 years, 1 year, and 9 years respectively served concurrently. The Court applied the principle from R v Melano that identical sentences should not be imposed for offences of markedly different seriousness, and confirmed the trafficking conviction as a serious violent offence under s 161C of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld).
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