A sentence of 18 months imprisonment for assault occasioning bodily harm in company is manifestly excessive where the assault was brief, unpremeditated, involved no weapons, caused relatively minor injuries, and was committed by young offenders with minimal criminal histories who cooperated with police and pleaded guilty early. Nine months imprisonment with differentiated parole dates was substituted.
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