An applicant seeking to resile from guilty pleas on grounds of mental confusion and alleged lawyer pressure must provide more than unsworn assertions, particularly where a psychiatric assessment found the applicant fit to stand trial and the transcript shows the applicant was able to give instructions during the hearing. A head sentence of four years' imprisonment with parole eligibility after 12 months is within range for entering a dwelling by break and using violence in a domestic violence context involving sexual assault and multiple assaults on the same complainant.
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