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The appellant appealed his sentence for dangerous driving causing serious injury on several grounds. The sentencing judge had erred by treating negligence as an element of the offense, and by considering the overloading of the vehicle and unrestrained passengers as aggravating factors, when they should not have been. The appellant was also sentenced before the High Court clarified in King v The Queen that negligence is not part of the offense of dangerous driving. The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and
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