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IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO COMMENT ON THE VARIATIONS IN THE SENTENCES WITHOUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION, WHICH WE ARE NOW MAKING. BUT WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE 10-YEAR SENTENCE WAS DUE TO TH FACT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CONCERNED HAD ALREADY DESERTED ON 4 PREVIOUS OCCASIONS. FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, OUR LEGAL ADVISER TAKES THE VIEW THAT THE SENTENCES ARE NEITHER PUNITIVE NOR EXCEPTIONAL. WE SHALL REPORT FURTHER
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