A total effective sentence of six years' imprisonment with a four-year non-parole period was upheld for dangerous driving causing serious injury (drug-affected, wrong side of road, catastrophic injuries) combined with failure to stop, where the offender had a relevant driving criminal history and was on a suspended sentence. The punitive nature of a residential rehabilitation program undertaken on bail may be taken into account in sentencing per Akoka, but the issue must be properly raised before the sentencing judge with sufficient detail about the restrictions on freedom involved in the program.
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