A sentence of two and a half years imprisonment for grievous bodily harm committed by an experienced security officer who struck a patron causing a broken jaw, in response to minor and unthreatening physical contact, is within the appropriate range. The mean or common level of sentence for grievous bodily harm cases involving single reprehensible incidents of violence is in the vicinity of two and a half years. Considerations of general and personal deterrence are highly relevant when sentencing security officers for assaults committed in the course of their duties.
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