A sentence of four years imprisonment with parole eligibility at one-third is within range for unlawfully doing grievous bodily harm by stabbing with a knife in a domestic context, where the injury is serious and permanent, the offender has prior convictions for violence, but also has a dysfunctional background and has made rehabilitation efforts. Where the sentence accords with that sought by defence counsel, the task of demonstrating manifest excess on appeal is especially difficult.
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