A head sentence of five years' imprisonment with parole eligibility after two years for trafficking in heroin over a 10-month period, where the offender acted as a subordinate courier/gofer in a wholesale trafficking enterprise, was within the sentencing range. The sentence was not rendered manifestly excessive by the offender's youth, subordinate role, or employment relationship with the principal offender, particularly where the offending occurred while on bail and in breach of two suspended sentences. An applicant who seeks to challenge a sentence that accords with that proposed by their own counsel at the sentencing hearing faces a significant hurdle, as the ground of manifest excess is directly contradicted by the conduct of the case below.
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