18 Jul 2017
Because the respondent accepted error and on assessment of submissions and time already served the appropriate final sentence was six months' imprisonment, the Court quashed the 10.5 month sentence and replaced it with six months' imprisonment with no release conditions.
2 Jun 2017
The High Court concluded the District Court judge's starting points (nine months for the assault and four months uplift for driving whilst suspended) were within the available sentencing range given the aggravating features and prior driving convictions, the judge had identified and disregarded irrelevant material in the pre-sentence report, and therefore no error under s250 was shown and no different sentence was required; appeal dismissed.