A sentence of seven years six months' imprisonment with a non-parole period of four years three months (56.6 per cent) for importing 712.3 grams of pure cocaine as a courier with no prior criminal history and a timely guilty plea is within the range of sentences for comparable offending. Non-parole periods above 50 per cent of the head sentence are consistent with established practice in drug importation cases.
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