sentence — aided and abetted an attempted possession of a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug offence contrary to ss 307.5, 11.1 and 11.2 of Commonwealth Criminal Code — offence related to 3,771.5g of pure methylamphetamine — two other co-offenders — guilty plea — s 16A(2)(g) — otherwise appropriate sentence will be reduced by 25% to take into account the cooperation and facilitation of the course of justice implicit in offender’s guilty plea — nature and circumstances of the offence — 16A(2)(a) — offender willing to assist if necessary but played only a limited hands on role — while this is an aid and abet an attempted possession offence, offender’s moral culpability can be measured by their understanding that Co-offender 1 was using them to secure the importation of something illegal and that Co-offender 2 was taking the primary risk by collecting and transporting the consignment — cannot be inferred offender expected some cash reward but impossible to accept offender did not expect some benefit from assisting co-offenders — sentencing judge prepared to accept offender awed by Co-offender 1’s wealth and apparent financial success and that they were psychologically vulnerable to requests by such a person for help, offender was not an innocent dupe — mental condition — s 16A(2)(m) — sentencing judge prepared to accept offender has had number of psychological problems for which offender has benefited from counselling and treatment — to an extent they may have predisposed offender to accepting whatever it was that Co-offender 1 offered them or offender thought they might gain from helping them — offender may have been vulnerable to a flawed thinking process but that does not significantly reduce offender’s moral culpability nor do offender’s psychological conditions make offender less of an appropriate vehicle for specific and general deterrence — sentence imposed 6 years’ imprisonment with a 3 year non-parole period
