A sentence of two and a half years' imprisonment with parole after one-third for assault occasioning bodily harm in company is within the permissible range where the offending involves a premeditated ambush by multiple assailants in a child custody dispute, protracted violence, and injury to a child, notwithstanding the offender's youth, absence of prior criminal history, and rehabilitative prospects. General deterrence is a significant sentencing consideration in cases of vigilante violence arising from custody disputes.
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