Aggravating and mitigating factors to reach a sentence starting point and sentencing range

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Sentencing Guidelines Step 2 Starting Point and Sentencing Range

“Having assessed the levels of culpability and harm in Step 1, the court will then apply these to a table in the sentencing guideline which will give a sentencing starting point and a sentencing range.”

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Step 2 - Starting Point and Category Range
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Step 2 - Aggravating and Mitigating factors

Step 2 - Starting Point and Category Range

Having assessed the levels of culpability and harm in Step 1, the court will then apply these to a table in the sentencing guideline which will give a sentencing starting point and a sentencing range.
Every sentencing guideline has its own table relevant to that offence. The table in the ABH sentencing guideline is reproduced below. (On desktops/laptops, clicking on the list will expand it. On mobiles pinch with two fingers to zoom in or out.)