Where a sentencing judge states an intention to fix a non-parole period ratio by reference to a co-offender's ratio but the NPP actually imposed does not correspond to that stated intention, the error may be treated as arithmetical and corrected by variation without a full resentencing exercise under Kentwell. The decision in Sigalla v R does not signal any departure from the Kentwell approach to resentencing.
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