An aggregate sentence for multiple drug supply and ongoing supply offences must adequately reflect general deterrence and community protection, even where the offences are assessed as below mid-range seriousness. A first prison sentence will not normally be a proper basis to find special circumstances warranting significant departure from the statutory ratio between head sentence and non-parole period. The principles in Parente v R [2017] NSWCCA 284 regarding sentencing for drug supply offences — particularly the primacy of general deterrence, specific deterrence and community protection — must be given practical effect in the sentence imposed.
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