Where a co-offender's involvement in an affray is significantly less serious than the applicant's — particularly where the applicant re-initiated violence, used a weapon, stomped and kicked victims on the ground, and was sentenced for additional offences — a substantial disparity in sentences does not give rise to a justifiable sense of grievance. Parity errors in sentencing may arise through failure to apply the principle, identifiable error in its application, or manifest error in the result.
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