The death of an offender's de facto partner after sentencing, leaving young children without parental support, constitutes an exceptional circumstance warranting reduction of the non-parole period (though not the head sentence) in the interests of the children's welfare. Fresh evidence of post-sentence events may be received under s 42(4) of the Magistrates Court Act 1991 (SA) where the evidence relates to a matter before the sentencing court but reveals an aspect that could not have been known at the time.
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