A sentence of five years and two months' imprisonment (from a starting point of six years and six months, discounted by 20% for a guilty plea) with a three-year non-parole period for one count of trafficking in a large commercial quantity (4.39 kg) of cannabis is at the higher end of the available range but not manifestly excessive where the offending is characterised as part of a professional, commercial cannabis operation and the offender declines to explain the source or purpose of the cannabis. A sentencing judge may refer to items found at premises beyond those owned by the offender as objective background facts relevant to characterising the nature of the offending.
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