The statistical median sentence published in Sentencing Advisory Council Sentencing Snapshots is a statistical indicator only and must not be treated as a starting point or benchmark for sentencing. The correct approach is to ask what current sentencing practices indicate about the appropriate range for the offence and offender, discerned by reference to both statistics and comparable cases. Continuing an assault on an unconscious victim is a particularly aggravating factor that pushes a case into a higher level of gravity.
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