The Queensland Court of Appeal allowed the Attorney-General's appeal against a 4-year sentence for manslaughter of a baby, holding it was manifestly inadequate and substituting a sentence of 6 years imprisonment. The Court distinguished R v Irvine and considered the respondent's prior conviction for assault occasioning bodily harm to a 15-day-old baby as a significant aggravating factor under s 9(4)(g) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld). The Court declined to impose a serious violent offence declaration.
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