4 Apr 2023
R v K [2023] NZHC 726
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 726
- Court
- High Court
Preventive detention was imposed for the offences against the two child victims (T and J) because the Court was satisfied the offender was likely to commit another qualifying sexual offence at the expiry of any lengthy finite sentence given his long pattern of serious intra- and extra-familial sexual offending, high assessed risk, failure to engage in treatment and lack of insight; for the 1991/92 adult victim (Ms P) a determinate sentence was imposed reflecting historic sentencing law, with all sentences to be served concurrently and specified minimum periods of imprisonment.