Differences in sentences between co-offenders for the same offence may be explicable by differences in role (instigator vs follower), timing of guilty plea (and consequent s 9AA discount), and the application of the totality principle where co-offenders are serving different pre-existing sentences. The application of the totality principle to different pre-existing sentences is a legitimate explanation for apparent disparity.
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