A sentence of 18 months' imprisonment with 8 months cumulation for attempting to pervert the course of justice involving persistent phone calls from prison to a witness over five days, in the context of family violence offending, is within the available sentencing range. The absence of aggravating features found in more serious cases does not reduce the objective gravity of the offending or the offender's moral culpability.
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