A sentence of 18 months imprisonment suspended after three months for dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death was upheld where a professional truck driver drove a heavy vehicle with only one of six brakes working, causing the death of his mother. The need for deterrence looms large in offences of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, particularly when involving a professional truck driver driving a heavy vehicle. A sentencing judge is not required to invite submissions on a sentence involving actual custody where such a sentence falls within the proper exercise of the sentencing discretion.
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