A sentence of 17 years imprisonment (non-parole period of 10 years and 6 months) for a 17-year-old convicted of murder as a participant in a joint criminal enterprise to kill, where objective seriousness was assessed as below mid-level and significantly mitigated by youth and parental encouragement, was held not to be manifestly excessive despite remarkable rehabilitation in custody. The distinction between being 'encouraged' and being 'pressured' by a parent to join a criminal enterprise was held to be significant.
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