A sentence of three years imprisonment (four years before the 25% utilitarian discount) with a two-year non-parole period is within the proper range for a serious reckless wounding involving the deliberate use of two schooner glasses as weapons against the victim's face, even where the offender has no criminal history and a strong subjective case. The continuing need for stern sentences for glassing offences in licensed premises is reaffirmed.
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