Very substantial residual disabilities from head trauma (including dementia, personality change, impaired cognitive functioning, and hearing loss) sustained after offending but before sentencing may warrant significant reduction in total sentence, even for serious drug trafficking and bribery offences by a hardened offender. The case also illustrates the high threshold for setting aside a conviction based on a guilty plea where the offender was assessed as fit to plead by two psychiatrists and was legally represented.
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