The Queensland Court of Appeal held that a sentence of five years imprisonment with eligibility for post-prison community-based release after 22 months was manifestly excessive for a single count of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing grievous bodily harm whilst adversely affected by liquor, where the applicant had no prior drink-driving convictions and had assisted the victim in rehabilitation. The Court substituted a sentence of four years imprisonment suspended after 18 months, with the five-year licence disqualification maintained.
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