3 May 2021
c3452489-17b8-4d0a-9882-e9a28911b478.pdf
- Citation
- openlaw-0fb9acce_3f5f_4536_9e68_f53e62cd6615.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The lead offence of strangulation attracts a starting point of three years' imprisonment because it occurred in a domestic context and involved loss of consciousness; an overall uplift of three years was applied for the four injuring with intent offences given multiple serious head attacks and one attack aimed to prevent reporting; an uplift of six months was applied for the two family assaults; a further uplift of four months was applied for criminal history bringing the adjusted starting point to six years and ten months (82 months); after allowing a 15% reduction for mitigating personal ba…