A sentence of three years and six months' imprisonment for failing to render assistance after a fatal accident under s 61(1)(b) of the Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic) was manifestly excessive where the Verdins principles applied to reduce moral culpability due to mental illness, even though the offending was a serious example of the offence. Two years' imprisonment was substituted. The Court itself noted 'no point of principle'.
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