Under the current terms of s 632 Criminal Code 1899 (Qld), the central question regarding jury warnings about prosecution witnesses is whether the interests of justice require a warning, not whether the witnesses are technically accomplices. The Benchbook does not prescribe mandatory directions and failure to give a Benchbook direction does not of itself constitute error. A cumulative sentence of 28 years imprisonment (with parole eligibility after 22½ years) imposed on a 58-year-old offender for trafficking in methylamphetamine, cumulative upon 18 years for child sex offences, was held to be crushingly oppressive and reduced to a combined total of 26 years.
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