The Queensland Court of Appeal held that a sentence of two years imprisonment suspended after eight months, with a three-year licence disqualification, was within range for dangerous driving with a blood alcohol content of .201, involving a high-speed police chase in a suburban area. The Court emphasised that dangerous driving in a police chase situation while heavily intoxicated will ordinarily attract a custodial sentence as a deterrent, with mitigating factors such as a guilty plea properly reflected in the suspension period rather than reducing the head sentence.
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