A sentence starting point of just under half the maximum penalty for a witness interference offence under ss 323(a) and 324 of the Crimes Act 1900 is not justified where the offending involved telephone calls without threats of violence and the offender had no prior offences of this kind. Unanswered telephone calls to a prosecution witness may properly be treated as context for the offending but should not be treated as part of the criminal conduct itself.
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