The actual discharge of a loaded firearm during a home invasion, even where the resulting injury is a wounding rather than grievous bodily harm, is sufficient to elevate the offending outside the norm for that type of offence and warrant a discretionary serious violent offence declaration under s 161B(3) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld). The severity of the injury inflicted is not necessarily decisive of whether an SVO declaration should be made.
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