A sentence of 15 years' imprisonment with a 12-year non-parole period was upheld for a manslaughter at the upper end of seriousness involving a prolonged, premeditated, drug-related assault barely short of murder, combined with attempting to pervert the course of justice. A non-parole period of approximately 80% of the head sentence may be justified by the circumstances of the case.
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