A head sentence ratio of 3.76:1 between co-offenders in a drug importation case was held to give rise to a justifiable sense of grievance where the differences in roles and personal circumstances, though significant, could not reasonably account for the magnitude of the disparity. The characterisation of an offender as a 'trusted organiser of this part of the enterprise' was upheld notwithstanding minor factual errors, where the balance of the evidence amply supported that conclusion. On resentencing in late 2021, the Court gave enhanced weight to the utilitarian value of a guilty plea during the COVID-19 pandemic and to the additional burden of imprisonment caused by pandemic-related restrictions.
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