Where an offender has given an undertaking to assist law enforcement authorities, the word 'undertaking' should be used when communicating this to the sentencing court, and defence counsel should confirm the undertaking with the DPP before sentencing. A sentencing judge who is not provided with unambiguously clear information about an undertaking should clarify the situation with the parties before sentencing. Failure to reduce a sentence for a genuine undertaking to cooperate constitutes a miscarriage of justice warranting appellate intervention.
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