| Category 1 | Greater harm and higher culpability |
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| Category 2 | Greater harm and lower culpability or lesser harm and higher culpability | |
| Category 3 | Lesser harm and lower culpability |
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| Offence category | Starting point (Applicable to all offenders) | Category range (Applicable to all offenders) |
| Category 1 | 10 years’ custody | 9 - 13 years’ custody |
| Category 2 | 6 years’ custody | 4 - 9 years’ custody |
| Category 3 | 2 years’ custody | 1 - 4 years’ custody |