A sentence of six and a half years imprisonment with a serious violent offence declaration for torture involving protracted domestic violence over four hours causing permanent disfigurement is within the sound exercise of the sentencing discretion. The sentencing discretion under s 161B(3) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) is an integrated process, not a series of discrete mathematical steps requiring the sentencing judge to first adopt the lower end of the range and then separately moderate for a plea of guilty.
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