The use of phrases such as 'bear in mind' in a Longman direction does not render it a mere comment where the direction, read as a whole, clearly conveys the forensic disadvantage, links delay to prejudice, and uses imperative language such as 'I direct'. Where an individual sentence forms part of a larger sentencing exercise, it is often artificial and inappropriate to extract individual sentences from comparable cases for comparison purposes.
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