A sentence of 9 months' imprisonment combined with a 2-year CCO for recklessly causing injury and recklessly causing serious injury involving the use of a knife, where both victims suffered life-threatening injuries, was held to be well within range and 'very modest' notwithstanding strong mitigatory factors including provocation, perceived threat to family, disadvantaged background, guilty pleas, remorse, and good rehabilitation prospects. The case confirms that the use of a dangerous weapon likely to produce serious injury will usually require immediate imprisonment.
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