A drug courier's gambling addiction and indebtedness to creditors who recruited her to import drugs do not constitute duress or warrant special leniency in sentencing. Fear arising from an offender's own decision to engage in criminal activity is not duress. A sentence of 4 years (2 years non-parole) for importing 108 grams of pure heroin as a courier was manifestly inadequate, with 6 years (4 years non-parole) substituted.
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