Domestic violence offending involving explicit threats to kill accompanied by brandishing of a firearm, protracted false imprisonment, and multiple acts of physical violence constitutes serious examples of the offences charged, even where the court sees worse cases of domestic violence. A combined prison sentence and community correction order is not appropriate for such offending where the offender has a criminal history of violence and prior breaches of non-custodial dispositions. The effect of parole cancellation on totality should be given limited weight where the offender was on parole for violence offences and had relapsed into drug abuse. Proximity to a projected release date does not of itself warrant exercise of the residual discretion to decline to intervene on a DPP sentence appeal.
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