Wholly suspended sentences for grievous bodily harm committed as part of unprovoked group violence in a public entertainment area, without unusual mitigating circumstances such as significant provocation, will be manifestly inadequate regardless of the offender's favourable personal circumstances. The sentencing range for grievous bodily harm offences towards the upper end of seriousness but not of the most serious kind is between 3 and 5 years' imprisonment.
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