A suspended sentence for dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm is permissible where the sentencing judge finds minimal culpability as to the driving itself, even where the offender had a significant blood alcohol reading and a poor traffic record. The two-stage process for suspended sentences (first determining imprisonment is warranted, then determining it should be suspended) must be followed, though failure to do so does not necessarily render the sentence manifestly inadequate. Where a sentencing judge imposes a suspended sentence but fails to fix a non-parole period, the CCA will fix one on appeal.
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