A total effective sentence of 10 years' imprisonment with a 7-year non-parole period for culpable driving causing death involving protracted driving at speeds up to 200 km/h while drug and alcohol affected, with a standard sentence of 8 years, was held to be within range notwithstanding the extreme objective gravity, where the offender was aged 21, pleaded guilty early, suffered PTSD from childhood sexual abuse contributing to drug addiction, and had reasonable prospects of rehabilitation. The case confirms that even where a Crown appeal has considerable force on the cumulation point, if the increase would amount to mere 'tinkering' with the total effective sentence, manifest inadequacy is not established.
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