What does ” the nature of the crime” mean?
You’d have to think about the crime in more detail than you’ve provided here. The nature of the offence is probably a violent crime, but its nature may include any number of other factors: premeditate, provoked, drink or drug induced, serious or minor in nature and so on. ABH, if the definition in Aus. is still similar to the UK definition has the potential to cover a lot of things, and a wide range of injuries. ABH can technically involve no violence at all (the “harm” element can be psychiatric injury inflicted be technical assault – which could in turn merely be threatening behaviour). Afraid I can’t help with Aus. sentencing, but the answer is likely to depend on the specific facts of the assault.
