The case applies the principles from R v Chong regarding the effect of imprisonment on an offender's dependent children, holding that where consequences for children's welfare were not foreseen at sentencing, new evidence of those consequences may warrant variation of the parole release date. The court confirmed that lay witness evidence of voice similarity on the telephone is admissible, subject to appropriate judicial directions warning the jury not to treat it as expert identification evidence.
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