A sentence of 6 years' imprisonment with a 3-year non-parole period for manslaughter by unpremeditated stabbing in a public place is at the lenient end of the range but not manifestly inadequate where the offender has significant intellectual impairment (IQ of 74), no prior convictions for violence, pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity, and the violence was initiated by the victim. Without the intellectual impairment, such a sentence would likely be manifestly inadequate.
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