The appeal court found that the trial judge had not placed sufficient emphasis upon certain principles and objectives of sentencing. One of these was that a sentence must be proportionate to the gravity of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the offender (15) In this case, the crimes were well-planned, of long duration, and involved large amounts of public money and, therefore, lowered the level of trust in government.
La Cour d’appel a estimé que le juge de première instance n’avait pas accordé suffisamment d’importance à certains principes et objectifs de détermination de la peine, notamment au principe voulant que la peine soit proportionnelle à la gravité de l’infraction et au degré de responsabilité du délinquant(15).