A sentence of six years' imprisonment for a single-episode torture offence lasting approximately seven hours, involving multiple forms of assault, humiliation and degradation by young offenders with troubled backgrounds, is within the permissible range and not manifestly inadequate, even without a serious violent offence declaration. The parity principle requires differentiation where a co-offender's role was materially lesser (encourager/observer rather than active participant), the co-offender cooperated with police, and had no prior criminal history.
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