A sentencing judge's reference to 'ice-fuelled madness' as an aggravating feature is permissible where directed not to the fact of drug addiction but to the offender's drug-driven, dangerous and erratic conduct during the offending. A non-parole period of approximately 80% of the head sentence may be manifestly excessive where co-offenders with more serious offending received lower proportionate non-parole periods; approximately 70% was substituted.
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