The maximum penalty for the offence of “intentionally choke etc person with recklessness”
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
- Prison: 46%
- Section 9 Bond (now replaced by community correction order)
- Suspended sentence (now replaced by intensive correction order)
- ICO: 7%
- CSO (now replaced by community correction order): 6%
- Section 10 bond (now replaced by conditional release order)
- Section 10(1)(c) Bond
- Fine Only: 1%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 17 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 8.5 months in prison.