A sentence with an undiscounted starting point of approximately 40 months for cultivating 278 cannabis plants (commercial quantity) as a sole operator with a profit motive and a serious Form 1 supply offence is not manifestly excessive. Gambling addiction does not constitute a mitigating factor under R v Henry where the offender's circumstances do not fall within the confined category of cases contemplated in that decision.
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