Where co-offenders receive erroneously generous discounts for guilty pleas, the resulting disparity does not give rise to a justified sense of grievance warranting appellate intervention if the applicant's sentence is not manifestly excessive. The appropriate comparator for parity purposes is the starting point of the co-offenders' sentences before the discount, not the reduced sentences actually imposed. Non-conviction findings in the Children's Court are inadmissible in subsequent sentencing proceedings under s 15(1) of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW).
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