R v Giang

Giang was convicted of detaining a woman with intent to obtain an advantage and cause her actual bodily harm and of doing an act with intent to pervert the course of justice. The appeal against sentence was dismissed. The court heard the appeal against conviction and sentence. The appeal against conviction was dismissed. The appeal against sentence focused on the sentence imposed by the trial judge. The trial judge had imposed an 8-year sentence for the first offence, with a non-parole period of 5 years, and a concurrent 4-year sentence for the second offence. The appellant submitted that the sentence was manifestly excessive. The court found that the appellant had no case in respect of the sentence imposed for the first offence. The appellant had made a number of complaints about the sentence imposed for the second offence. The court was unable to accept that the sentence for the second offence was manifestly excessive. The sentence for the second offence was not excessive. The appeal against sentence was dismissed. The appellant's appeal against conviction having been dismissed, the appeal against sentence is dismissed. The orders of the Supreme Court are affirmed.