For an offence of assault with intent to rob armed with an offensive weapon under s 97(1) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), where there is no actual violence, the weapon is a small pair of scissors, the threat is of very short duration, and no property is taken, the offending falls at the lower end of the range of objective seriousness.
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