A sentence of 7 years 6 months' imprisonment (after 25% guilty plea discount) was imposed for unlawfully doing grievous bodily harm in circumstances of aggravation where the victim was rendered quadriplegic, the offending occurred in breach of a violence restraining order, and the offender had prior convictions for violent offending against the same victim. The Court confirmed that the absence of directly comparable cases does not preclude a finding of manifest inadequacy. The Court also signalled that discovering a former partner's infidelity cannot reasonably be characterised as 'provocation' for a violent assault in the domestic violence context.
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