A sentence of 14 years' imprisonment for possession of 119 kg of methylamphetamine (81% purity) with intent to sell or supply, where the offender was a paid courier performing an essential logistical role in a sophisticated drug distribution operation, was manifestly inadequate. A sentence of 17 years was substituted. The respondent's age (52 at sentence, nearly 70 at projected release) did not render the increased sentence crushing so as to engage the second limb of the totality principle or warrant exercise of the residual discretion against intervention. COVID-19 prison restrictions were taken into account as a mitigating factor on resentencing.
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