A clear judicial direction to ignore a prejudicial television broadcast during trial, given in comprehensive terms, is sufficient to cure the prejudice and avoid a miscarriage of justice, even where the broadcast showed the accused in custody and displayed photographs of seized drugs. A sentence of 11 years' imprisonment with a serious violent offence declaration is within range for sophisticated, high-volume trafficking in both cannabis and methylamphetamine over a seven-month period.
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