A five-year head sentence for grievous bodily harm without recommendation for early release was within the range of a sound sentencing discretion for a 17-year-old offender who committed two separate acts of serious street violence within one month, notwithstanding youth, guilty plea, and post-offence rehabilitation. The case confirms that deterrence and denunciation remain dominant sentencing considerations for street violence, and that the effect of s 9(3) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) is to reduce the weight of youth as a mitigating factor where violence is involved.
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