For grievous bodily harm involving a group melee where the offender armed himself with a broken bottle and inflicted injuries requiring 70 stitches, a head sentence of 5 years imprisonment is within range but parole eligibility should reflect mitigating factors of youth, early plea, cooperation and remorse — here reduced from 2 years to 18 months. Ordinary sentencing practice for a young offender who cooperates, pleads early and shows remorse is to set parole eligibility at one-third of the head sentence.
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