Charges of damaging an emergency service vehicle by reckless driving and aggravated reckless exposure of an emergency worker to risk by driving are distinct offences addressing different harms, notwithstanding that both arise from the same act of driving. A sentence of 3 years' imprisonment for aggravated reckless exposure of an emergency worker to risk by driving (a rolled-up charge involving four officers) was held to be reasonably arguable as manifestly excessive where significant mitigating factors including Bugmy disadvantage, Verdins principle 5, and an early guilty plea in the COVID-19 environment were present, particularly given the offence is relatively new and sentencing ranges are still developing.
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