R v Skedgwell [1998] QCA 93

The application and appeal will be allowed to the extent of varying the sentence of imprisonment for 5 years imposed in respect of count 1 in the indictment by adding a recommendation that the applicant be considered for parole after he has served two years of that sentence. The declaration here in relation to the sentence on count 2 was made in deference to the mandatory provisions of s.161(3) of the Act. As we see the matter, it cannot have any practical effect on the sentence that will be served in this case, and there is therefore no reason why it should be disturbed. The period of 245 days of pre-sentence custody has, however, as these reasons show, been allowed for in the recommendation for parole which has now been added to the sentence below.