A sentence of six years' imprisonment is within range for causing grievous bodily harm by stabbing with a knife causing life-threatening injuries, where the attack was deliberate, apparently premeditated, unprovoked, and the offender did not plead guilty and offered no mitigating factors. The sentencing benchmark established in R v Bryan [2003] QCA 18 for life-threatening knife attacks applies regardless of whether the offence occurred in a public or private setting.
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