Where a trial judge establishes a shorthand description of the charge with the jury during summing up, the jury's verdict using that shorthand is not irregular even if the associate uses the same shorthand (rather than the formal charge description) when taking the verdict and administering the allocutus. The sentencing range for deliberate infliction of grievous bodily harm by use of a weapon by a mature offender with a record of personal violence is four to seven years imprisonment.
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