A sentence of 2 years 6 months' imprisonment for grievous bodily harm involving a deliberate full-blooded punch causing life-threatening brain injuries with profound permanent consequences, committed by an offender with a criminal history of violence and no significant mitigation, is manifestly inadequate. The appropriate sentence in such circumstances was 4 years 3 months' imprisonment. The case confirms the continued applicability of the Trompler sentencing range of 3 to 5 years for grievous bodily harm offences towards the upper end of the range of seriousness but not of the most serious kind.
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