The fact of likely deportation is irrelevant as a sentencing consideration and should not be used to deny a finding of special circumstances. Judicial Commission statistics are of limited utility in demonstrating manifest excess where the collated sentences may not reflect the use of Form 1s or the involvement of organised criminal syndicates. A sentence is not apt to be quashed merely because it differs from sentences in other cases, even where facts are comparable.
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