A failure to satisfy the court that there is a good reason for delay in filing an appeal does not preclude the exercise of discretion in favour of the applicant on the second limb (interests of justice), but where the proposed appeal has no merit, the extension will be refused. A sentence of 30 months imprisonment with a parole release date at the one-third mark for unlawful wounding involving a knife causing a life-threatening chest wound, with a late guilty plea, is within range.
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