A sentence of four years' imprisonment with parole eligibility after 18 months is within the appropriate range for dangerous operation of a vehicle causing grievous bodily harm with the aggravating circumstance of intoxication, where the offender had a prior drink driving conviction, was warned not to drive, and had a blood alcohol level of approximately .159 per cent combined with cannabis. A diagnosis of aggressive cancer after sentencing, with a high probability of death within five years, constitutes special and unusual circumstances warranting variation of parole eligibility to immediate, to allow the Parole Board to consider compassionate release.
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