A sentence of 2 years' imprisonment suspended for 2 years for assault occasioning bodily harm causing relatively minor injury is at the very top end of an acceptable range but not manifestly excessive where the offender has a significant prior record of violent offending including grievous bodily harm and unlawful wounding convictions. The term of a suspended sentence must be determined without regard to the fact that it is to be suspended.
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