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Sentence of 10y imprisonment (with SVO declaration) imposed for one count of drug trafficking and other drug offending; offending involved wholesale trafficking in heroin for 5m for substantial commercial benefit; offender pleaded guilty, which evidenced cooperation; offender had prior convictions for arson and related offending (subsequently quashed and proceedings discontinued according to law, offender having served 3.75y of 7y term) and one other entry of limited relevance (Mullins J).
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2022] QCA 67
10 May 2022
Leave to appeal sentence granted, appeal allowed, sentence varied; material change in offender’s criminal history and period of incarceration for offences subsequently discontinued, which was a ‘relevant personal circumstance’ in mitigation, caused otherwise appropriate sentence to be unjust; offender resentenced to 9 years’ imprisonment with parole eligibility fixed at date of hearing (5 Apr 2022): Boddice J (Sofronoff P and Callaghan J agreeing).
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA)
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