A sentence of 3 years imprisonment (18-month NPP) for dangerous driving causing death under s 52A(1)(c) was upheld for a 72-year-old first-time offender with strong subjective circumstances where the offending was assessed as between low and mid-range seriousness. Advanced age does not diminish the primacy of general deterrence in dangerous driving cases, though it may support a finding of special circumstances warranting variation of the statutory ratio.
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