Cases involving unlawful wounding from 'pub glassings' do not establish a rigid sentencing range of 18 months to two years' imprisonment applicable to the offence of doing grievous bodily harm under s 320 of the Criminal Code 1899 (Qld). Where serious disfigurement elevates the offence to grievous bodily harm, a head sentence of three years' imprisonment suspended after 12 months is within range for an unprovoked glassing causing significant permanent facial scarring, even with a timely guilty plea and no prior convictions.
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