In sentencing for recklessly causing grievous bodily harm in company, a finding that the injuries are at the lower end of the scale does not preclude a sentence above the statistical median where aggravating factors such as the unprovoked nature of the attack, the degree of violence, the cowardly circumstances, and prior convictions for violence are present. Judicial Commission statistics based on a sample of only 37 cases are of limited utility.
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