The Court of Appeal held that a three-year head sentence for unlawful wounding with no suspension was manifestly excessive in the circumstances, where the offender stabbed his de facto partner once during a drunken argument, causing a wound not damaging internal organs, and had pleaded guilty. While the three-year head sentence was within the permissible range, the absence of any suspension or recommendation for post-prison community-based release rendered the effective sentence excessive. The Court ordered suspension after nine months with a three-year operational period.
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