A sentence of 4 years and 6 months' imprisonment for trafficking in a commercial quantity of methylamphetamine at 1.5 times the threshold is moderate, not manifestly excessive, where the offender is a recidivist drug trafficker who committed the offence while on bail and subject to a community correction order. A non-parole period of 74% of the head sentence is unremarkable where prospects of rehabilitation are guarded and specific deterrence is a primary consideration.
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