An accessory before the fact should not receive a more severe sentence than the principal offender for the corresponding offending, where the principal's overall criminality was significantly greater. The parity principle likely applies even where co-offenders are charged with different offences, provided there is direct correspondence between the accessorial and principal conduct, though this was not finally determined.
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