A sentence of 8 years (with a starting point of 16 years before a 50% discount for assistance) was within range for a junior participant in the importation of 136.913 kg of pure MDMA, the largest MDMA seizure sentenced in NSW at the time. The comprehensive schedule of comparable MDMA importation sentences appended to the judgment provides a useful sentencing reference. Leave to appeal was refused rather than the appeal dismissed, preserving the applicant's ability to raise parity arguments if co-offenders receive significantly different sentences in the future.
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