The Court sentenced the offender for deemed supply of methylamphetamine (1.15kg, large commercial quantity) and cocaine (17.08g, indictable quantity) found during a search warrant, imposing 3 years 4 months and 6 months respectively (fully concurrent), after a 25% discount for early guilty pleas. The Court assessed the methylamphetamine offence as slightly below mid-range, finding the offender was holding drugs for personal sale rather than merely warehousing, rejecting the offender's initial exculpatory account in favour of admissions made to a psychologist. Bugmy factors (refugee background, childhood trauma) and De La Rosa considerations (psychological conditions reducing capacity for judgment) were found to slightly reduce moral culpability but did not amount to 'very exceptional circumstances' under Qi sufficient to avoid full-time custody, and special circumstances were found to vary the statutory ratio to enhance parole supervision.
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