A total effective sentence of 6 years' imprisonment (comprising 18 months and 4 years 6 months cumulative) for assault causing bodily harm (s 317 Criminal Code (WA)) and grievous bodily harm (s 297 Criminal Code (WA)) was held to be within the range of a sound sentencing discretion where both offences were serious examples of their type, involved sustained violence against defenceless victims, and there was little mitigation.
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