A 25% discount was applied for pleas of guilty. For intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm using a sledgehammer connected to drug dealing, a starting point of 9 years was adopted (maximum 20 years). The court emphasised general deterrence for offending connected to outlaw motorcycle gang membership. Partial concurrency was allowed between offences arising from the same series of facts, but distinct offences were required to at least partly stand alone to reflect the totality of criminality.
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