The parity principle requires that any difference between the sentences imposed upon co-offenders for the same offence ought not be such as to give rise to a justifiable sense of grievance on the part of the offender with the heavier sentence or to give the appearance that justice has not been done.
Nield AJ
When assessing parity between co-offenders' sentences, the comparison must be made between the actual sentences imposed, not the notional undiscounted sentences before any discount for a plea of guilty, because the plea discount forms part of the instinctive synthesis of sentencing.
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