A sentence of 18 months periodic detention for assault occasioning actual bodily harm by a parent on a child while intoxicated is within the appropriate range, particularly given that periodic detention itself contains a recognised element of leniency. Sentencing findings of fact based on evidence heard at trial are not open to challenge on a sentence appeal.
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