For offences under s 112(2) of the Crimes Act 1900 involving breaking into a former partner's home and inflicting violence, the offence being committed in the victim's home where children reside and in the context of a fractured domestic relationship are features relevant to objective seriousness and may place the offending at or just below mid-range. The fact that an offence was committed while on bail cannot be treated as aggravating the objective seriousness of a standard non-parole period offence. The head sentence of 6 years for such an offence may be excessive but may be saved by the application of the totality principle through partial accumulation.
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