27 Jul 2023
The Court dismissed both appeals because the sentencing Judge's starting points, uplifts and discounts (including modest bail credits) were within the available range; even a larger bail credit would not have made the end sentences manifestly excessive.
18 Mar 2022
Section 90 of the Parole Act did not require a judicial deduction for remand; remand credit for home detention is a matter for judicial evaluation where the accepted and principled approach is that two-equals-one is appropriate as a starting methodology (one month remand equates to 0.5 month home detention) though one-for-one is not precluded in particular cases; EM bail credit is evaluative under s9 with typical discounts up to 50%; applying these principles the trial judge's approach was not in error that rendered the sentence manifestly excessive and the appeal is therefore dismissed.