A global sentence of four years for a riot offence in a corrective services facility and concurrent domestic violence offences was manifestly excessive where co-offenders in the same riot received sentences of 15-18 months. The parity principle applies to co-offenders sentenced by different judges, and an applicant may justifiably feel a sense of grievance where the disparity is not explained by differences in culpability or antecedents.
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