A sentence of eight and a-half years' imprisonment for manslaughter arising from a persistent assault on a Good Samaritan intervener, in the context of domestic violence offending while on bail, with parole eligibility after three years, falls within the permissible sentencing range. The case illustrates that the totality of offending conduct — including domestic violence assaults providing the context for the manslaughter — properly informs the head sentence, and that persistent offending in the face of attempts to intervene, offending on bail, and repeated bail breaches justify a sentence at the higher end of the range.
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