A sentence of 2 years' immediate imprisonment for unlawfully causing grievous bodily harm under s 297 of the Criminal Code (WA), where the offender threw a known broken glass at a crowd controller from close range causing loss of an eye, was within the proper exercise of the sentencing discretion and not manifestly excessive, notwithstanding the offender's youth, good character, early guilty plea, remorse, and absence of prior convictions.
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