A disparity of 2 years and 4 months between co-offenders' total effective sentences (14 months vs 3 years 6 months) was held to be a fair reflection of differences in culpability where the co-offender was the ringleader and went to trial, while the appellant pleaded guilty and had strong mitigating factors. Immediate imprisonment of 14 months for assault occasioning bodily harm and unlawful wounding arising from armed group violence was within the range of a sound sentencing discretion notwithstanding the appellant's good character, lack of prior record, guilty plea and genuine remorse.
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