Where an offender is charged with malicious wounding with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm under s 33 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), the sentencing judge is entitled to consider all injuries including those amounting to grievous bodily harm where those injuries are directly connected to the wounding blows, and the De Simoni principle is not breached. This is distinguishable from McCullough v R where the grievous bodily harm injuries were entirely separate from the wound. Self-induced intoxication remains the dominant factor in assessing culpability even where an offender has an underlying mental disorder, and general deterrence need only be slightly moderated in such circumstances.
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