Where a co-offender's sentences have been reduced on appeal, the parity principle may require adjustment of the remaining offender's sentences even where the remaining offender's appeal is filed later. The Crown's position on parity in the co-offender's appeal may be relied upon by the remaining offender. When sentencing for abduction and unlawful confinement alongside sexual offences, the sentencing judge must distinguish between the criminality of the abduction/confinement and the criminality of the sexual offences committed during them, to avoid punishing the offender twice for the same conduct.
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