The maximum penalty for the offence of “assault occasioning abh.”
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
Local Court:
Section 59(1) assault occasioning ABH
- Section 9 Bond (now community correction order): 42.3%
- Prison: 20.7%
- Suspended Sentence (no longer available): 11.5%
- Section 10(1)(b)&(c) Bond: 8.4%
- Community Service Order (now community correction order): 7.9%
- Fine Only: 5.2%
- ICO: 3.3%
- Section 10(1)(a) Dismissal: 0.5%
- Section 10A: 0.2%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 12.42 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 7.24 months in prison.
District and Supreme Court:
Section 59(1) assault occasioning ABH
- Prison: 51.2%
- Section 9 Bond (now community correction order): 22.7%
- Suspended Sentence (no longer available): 17.3%
- ICO: 2.8%
- Community Service Order (now community correction order): 1.7%
- Section 10(1)(b)&(c) Bond: 1.4%
- Period Detention: 1.4%
- Section 10A: 0.7%
- Rise of Court: 0.5%
- Section 10(1)(a) Dismissal: 0.2%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 21.12 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 12.73 months in prison.
Section 59(1) accessory after fact to assault occasioning ABH
- Section 9 Bond (now community correction order): 50%
- Suspended Sentence (no longer available): 25%
- Section 10(1)(b)&(c) Bond: 25%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 0 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 0 months in prison.