A wholly suspended sentence for serious drug offending involving commercial quantities of cannabis remains within the permissible range of sentencing discretion where there are strong mitigating factors including youth, rehabilitation, early guilty plea, remorse, and the influence of a dominant co-offender. The case illustrates the restrained approach of the Court of Appeal on Crown sentence appeals.
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