A sentence of six years' imprisonment with a serious violent offence declaration under s 161B(3) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) was upheld for an 18-year-old offender who pleaded guilty to doing grievous bodily harm causing severe traumatic brain injury to his domestic partner, where the offender had a recent criminal history for violent offending. The mitigating factors of youth and some prospect of rehabilitation were insufficient to preclude the declaration given the severity of the injuries and the inferred severity of the attack.
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