A finding that an offence is at the mid-range of objective seriousness does not mean the sentence should be at the midpoint between zero and the maximum penalty; subjective mitigating factors must still be reflected in the sentence. Superficial comparisons with sentences in other cases, without identifying unifying principles, and sentencing statistics without information as to why sentences were fixed as they were, are of limited assistance on a manifest excess appeal.
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