A 20% discount for a guilty plea is appropriate where the plea was entered only after substantial evidence had been called at committal and after the prosecution's original charge was discharged by the magistrate, even where the offender offered to plead to the lesser charge before the committal concluded. The existence of circumstances capable of constituting special circumstances under s 44 does not compel a finding of special circumstances. A one-year differential between co-offenders' starting points is not indicative of gross, marked or glaring disparity where the difference is explained by different accessorial roles and subjective circumstances.
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