A sentence of 5 years and 6 months' imprisonment for cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis at 11 times the commercial quantity threshold, in a sophisticated hydroponic operation across two properties, is moderate and not manifestly excessive. Current sentencing practices for commercial quantity cultivation remain inadequate and compressed at a low level despite repeated judicial calls for increase. The Court of Appeal expects prosecutors to draw relevant authorities to sentencing judges' attention and to appeal inadequate sentences.
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