An eight-year sentence for grievous bodily harm with intent, without a serious violent offence declaration, was within the sentencing discretion for a 19-year-old offender who pleaded guilty and cooperated with authorities, notwithstanding the extreme brutality of a home invasion assault on a defenceless victim. Youth remains a relevant mitigating factor even for violent offences after the 1997 amendments to the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), and the imposition of a serious violent offence declaration is open but not mandatory in such circumstances. The range for deliberately inflicted grievous bodily harm by a mature offender with a record of personal violence using a weapon is between four and seven years imprisonment.
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