A sentence of 7 years and 6 months imprisonment (pre-discount starting point of 10 years) for attempting to possess a commercial quantity of cocaine (2.152 kg pure, just above the 2 kg threshold), where the offender's role was 'at least that of a courier' and above a 'mere recruit', was held not to be manifestly excessive by the majority, though the dissent would have imposed 6 years and 9 months. The case illustrates the broad sentencing range available for such offences given the maximum penalty of life imprisonment, and the limitations of the comparative sentencing exercise.
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