A sentence of three years' imprisonment suspended after nine months is within range for a youthful first offender who commits armed robbery with a knife upon a taxi driver causing actual injury. The vulnerability of taxi drivers is a relevant aggravating factor. Comparable sentences for robbery of taxi drivers in Queensland range from 18 months totally suspended (for a younger co-offender without a weapon) to four and a half years' imprisonment.
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