A person can be found to be a principal in a drug supply network without being responsible for the network's inception. Possession of drugs, cash, weapons and multiple mobile phones, combined with active participation in supply transactions, is capable of supporting a finding that an offender occupied a senior role in a drug supply hierarchy, notwithstanding the offender's claim to have been merely a custodian. Disparity in sentences between co-offenders is justified where the applicant's criminality extends well beyond that of co-offenders in terms of range of offences, criminal history, parole status and demonstrated remorse.
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