A sentencing judge is not required to reduce a sentence to a manifestly inadequate level on parity grounds, even where a co-offender has received an extremely lenient non-custodial sentence for a more serious charge. The question whether a judge is permitted (as opposed to obliged) to impose a manifestly inadequate sentence for parity reasons remains open.
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