Comparable sentencing authorities for domestic violence manslaughter imposed before the insertion of s 9(10A) into the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) remain useful guides, provided the absence of the domestic violence aggravating factor in those earlier sentences is taken into account. A sentence of nine years' imprisonment for manslaughter by a single knife throw in a domestic argument, where the offender has no criminal history, showed immediate remorse, and pleaded guilty early, requires mitigation by way of an earlier parole eligibility date to avoid being manifestly excessive.
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