A starting point of 18 months imprisonment for a single-punch aggravated assault constituting a first offence of violence is outside the permissible sentencing range, even where the offence was committed in breach of an intervention order and the offender has a poor compliance history. A sentencing judge may not sentence on the basis of a background of previous domestic violence where the evidence is insufficient to support that factual finding and the basis is not conceded by the offender.
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