A total effective sentence of 4 years and 9 months' imprisonment for negligently causing serious injury by driving at the high end of the mid-range is within the permissible range following the [name withheld] uplift, even where the offender is young, of good character, pleaded guilty early, and showed genuine remorse. Compliance with legal obligations to remain at the scene and render assistance is not a mitigating factor but merely the absence of an aggravating factor.
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