A sentence of eight years imprisonment with a serious violent offence declaration for doing grievous bodily harm with intent involving a premeditated stabbing with a knife, where the offender returned hours after an initial altercation, is not manifestly excessive notwithstanding the offender's youth (21), plea of guilty at committal, post-traumatic stress disorder from a childhood attack, and rehabilitative prospects. Post-sentence rehabilitation progress is relevant to parole but does not bear on whether the original sentence was manifestly excessive.
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