When comparing sentences of co-offenders for parity purposes, the starting point for a co-offender who was sentenced for multiple offences in a single sentencing exercise must be disaggregated to identify the component attributable to the shared offending; a raw comparison of headline starting points is misleading where one encompasses additional offences. Differences in criminal history warrant differential treatment but have limits in the extent of disparity they can justify.
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