A sentence of nine years with a seven-year non-parole period for manslaughter by unlawful and dangerous act involving a single knife wound in a drunken altercation is within the available range, particularly where the offender has a long history of alcohol-related offending. A two-year gap between head sentence and non-parole period does not require express reasons and is not unusual. Late additional grounds of appeal filed twelve months after sentence will not be permitted.
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