A sentence of four to four and a half years imprisonment for grievous bodily harm is not manifestly excessive where the offence involved an unprovoked violent attack on a sleeping and defenceless victim causing serious injuries requiring surgery and permanent physical deficit, and the offender has a material history of criminal violence including prior convictions for grievous bodily harm. A s 13A discount of six months on the head sentence is adequate where the offender's assistance is of limited utility because the prosecution already possessed confession evidence.
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