In sentencing for repeated domestic violence offences against the same complainant, the persistent pattern of offending against female partners is the dominant sentencing consideration, outweighing mitigating factors including guilty pleas, the remote community environment, and chronic alcoholism. A sentence of two years for seven counts of assault (including three whilst armed) with extensive prior history was manifestly inadequate; three and a half years was substituted.
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