Sentences significantly below those imposed in comparable cases for aggravated domestic violence offences, particularly involving serial family violence offenders who breach restraining orders, are vulnerable to State appeal, and the 2020 increase in maximum penalty for aggravated deprivation of liberty signals Parliament's expectation of higher sentences.
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