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Significant sentence for causing serious harm was within the available range
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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal against sentence for causing serious harm, where two people were stabbed multiple times, on the grounds that while the sentence imposed was a significant one and could be described as severe it was a sentence that fell within the available range.
Offence: causing serious harm contrary to s. 4 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act
Original sentence: ten years with two years suspended
Appeal by: defence
Outcome: appeal dismissed
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