A sentence of 18 months' imprisonment with parole after six months for unlawful wounding by knife in a domestic violence context is within the permissible range where the offender has breached a protection order and demonstrated an escalating pattern of violence, even where the physical injury is minor and there are significant mitigating circumstances including the offender's own victimisation. The existence of a prior breach of a protection order shortly before the offending is a distinguishing feature that may justify a sentence at the higher end of the range for comparable wounding offences.
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