A sentence of seven years' imprisonment for trafficking in cannabis over two and a half months, where the offender was both a courier of 100 pounds and a proprietor selling $130,000 worth of cannabis, was manifestly excessive; the appropriate range was around six years. Consistent with R v Skedgwell, it is not inappropriate (though not mandatory) to take into account non-declarable pre-sentence custody served on other outstanding charges when sentencing for the subject offence.
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