Case No. 2007-04219-A8

14. Before turning to the details of the conspiracy and the submissions put forward by the Attorney General, it may be helpful to begin by setting out the sentencing remarks. The judge referred to the guilty pleas and to the fact that the defendants would receive a substantial reduction in sentence. He then stated that none of the defendants had any relevant previous convictions. That is a matter to which we shall return. He then continued: It makes common sense to draw the inference that Hogg and Rolls were further up the hierarchy than Roach and Carolan. For the reasons set out in the prosecution document Response to Basis of Plea, I do not sentence Hogg and Rolls on their basis of plea, although there is nothing to gainsay paragraph 3 of Hogg's basis and paragraph 4 of Rolls' basis. The prosecution allege that 50 kilograms of cocaine was involved on the basis of the bags and the quantity of cutting materials found in the factory and elsewhere. Suffice it to say the quantity of cocaine was massive. Hogg and Rolls ran the factory where the two cocaine presses were operated and where the cocaine was cut and packaged." The judge went on to pass the sentences to which we have referred on Hogg and Rolls. In respect of Roach he said: The judge then dealt with the position of Hogg and Rolls in respect of the firearms offences. He said: