An aggregate sentence for vehicular manslaughter may be manifestly excessive even where the individual indicative sentences are within range, if the degree of notional accumulation produces a total sentence that is out of step with sentences imposed in comparable cases. For two counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of aggravated dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm arising from a single episode of driving while heavily intoxicated at high speed over 6.4km, an aggregate sentence of 12½ years with a non-parole period of 8 years and 4 months (after 25% discount) was appropriate, where the offending approached but did not fall within the worst category.
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