A sentence of 7 months and 14 days' imprisonment with a 2-year CCO for four charges of recklessly causing injury and one charge of assault in a family violence context involving coercive control and a broken arm was held to be within range and, if anything, merciful. The principles of general deterrence, denunciation and just punishment are dominant sentencing considerations in family violence cases, and mitigating factors such as delay, mental health issues, prior good character and guilty pleas do not detract from the objective gravity of serious family violence offending.
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