A sentencing judge commits House v The King error by assessing an offender's objective seriousness higher than a co-offender who had a greater role in the same offence, without providing reasons for the differentiation. However, identification of specific error does not automatically result in re-sentencing to a lesser term where the sentencing judge overlooked aggravating factors (offending on bail, need for deterrence) that, when taken into account, support the same aggregate sentence.
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