A sentence of 4 years' imprisonment for selling approximately 1kg of MDMA at 81% purity, even where the offender's role was that of a trusted courier rather than a principal, is manifestly inadequate. The Court imposed 7 years for the sale count and a total effective sentence of 8 years (with a 25% discount for early guilty plea). Sentencing judges who reduce individual sentences in the application of the totality principle must expressly state the extent of the reduction.
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