Dealing first with the 2nd count, which is of trafficking, I adopt a starting point of 11 years for this count.
For the 3rd count, also of trafficking, I adopt a starting point of 17½ years.
I come now to the 1st count which is of manufacturing, an offence which attracts a sentence higher than the tariff sentence for trafficking.
The drugs the subject matter of the 2nd count are 226.02 grammes of a solid containing 172.69 grammes of cocaine. The drugs the subject matter of the 3rd count are 684.44 grammes of a solid containing 517.01 grammes of cocaine and 0.29 gramme of a powder containing 0.22 gramme of cocaine hydrochloride.
For an offence of trafficking in the drugs, under the 2nd and 3rd counts combined, I would adopt a starting point of 20 years. As I have said, manufacturing attracts a sentence higher than the tariff sentence for trafficking.
In all the circumstances I think that justice will be best served by sentencing you as follows. I adopt a starting point of 22 years for the 1st count, that is, the manufacturing count.
On each count there will be a one-third discount for your guilty plea. That means a sentence of 14 years and 8 months for the 1st count, 7 years and 4 months for the 2nd count, and 11 years and 8 months for the 3rd count. Taking all things including totality into account, I order that all three sentences are to be served concurrently.
I therefore sentence you to 14 years and 8 months’ imprisonment under the 1st count, 7 years and 4 months’ imprisonment under the 2nd count and 11 years and 8 months’ imprisonment under the 3rd count. These three sentences being concurrent, you will go to prison for 14 years and 8 months.