A sentence of two years imprisonment with immediate parole release date for dangerous operation of a vehicle involving a deliberate collision with a pedestrian, where the offender drove off the carriageway onto a footpath with a young child in the car, is within the proper exercise of the sentencing discretion. The case confirms that where the sentence imposed accords with that proposed by defence counsel, it is difficult to accept that the sentence was manifestly excessive.
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