A close friendship between offender and victim does not constitute a 'relationship of trust' for the purpose of sentencing aggravation; friendship is too broad a concept without clearly defined boundaries, and extending the trust category to friendships risks diluting the significance of established trust relationships. For intentionally causing serious injury by setting a person alight with petrol, offending towards the upper end of the range of seriousness attracts sentences upwards of 15 years' imprisonment, and a sentence of 10 years for such offending is manifestly inadequate.
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