A sentence of two and a half years' imprisonment suspended after nine months for a single count of unlawful wounding with a machete, where the offender deliberately armed himself and attended a neighbourhood dispute, is within the range of a sound sentencing discretion. Deliberately arming oneself with a weapon and taking it to the scene is more serious than opportunistic use of a weapon such as a glass.
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