A sentence of seven years' imprisonment with parole eligibility after two and a half years for a single count of grievous bodily harm involving a prolonged domestic violence assault causing Le Fort Type II facial fractures and near-loss of an eye is within the appropriate range. Sentencing judges are entitled to rely on unchallenged victim impact statements under s 132C of the Evidence Act 1977 (Qld), even where the complainant's lay description of injuries may differ in detail from medical evidence, provided there is no true inconsistency.
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