The parity principle does not require adjustment of a sentence where the difference between the applicant's sentence and co-offenders' indicative sentences (pronounced under s 13A cooperation undertakings) is explicable by differences in the circumstances of the offences and the offenders' personal circumstances. The Court left open whether the parity principle is potentially applicable in a comparison between a sentence and an indicative sentence pronounced in closed court under s 13A of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992.
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