A minimum non-parole period of 21 years for a premeditated murder committed in company, involving breach of trust, use of a weapon, and extensive cover-up, is at or very close to the lower end of the available range but is not manifestly inadequate. The case confirms that distinctly longer minimum non-parole periods would have been open on such facts.
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