A sentence of nine years imprisonment without a serious violent offence declaration for attempted murder (domestic violence offence) involving sustained strangulation of a former partner is within the sentencing discretion, even where the offender has a traumatic childhood background including being a child soldier, suffers from PTSD and other mental health conditions, pleaded guilty, and faces likely deportation upon release.
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