A total effective sentence of 4 years 6 months' imprisonment (comprising 3 years 6 months for aggravated dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm with a BAC of 0.226%, accumulated with 12 months for failing to stop and render assistance) was upheld as not infringing the totality principle where the victim suffered amputation of a leg below the knee. The case confirms that accumulation of sentences for the driving offence and the failure to stop offence is appropriate to mark the seriousness of the overall offending.
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