A Magistrate's ex tempore conclusion that 'a term of imprisonment is the only appropriate penalty' is sufficient to indicate that alternative dispositions, including home detention, were considered and rejected; explicit reference to each alternative is not required. Escalation of penalties in response to repeated domestic violence offending against the same victim is neither unusual nor erroneous. A non-parole period at the higher end of the scale is within the accepted range where there is repeated offending, breach of court orders, and a need for deterrence in domestic violence matters.
The full text is available to signed-in members.