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New Zealand Case Law

Aggravating conduct
  • 27 Feb 2015

    R v KOREWHA [2015] NZHC 308

    Citation
    [2015] NZHC 308
    Court
    High Court

    The attack was a sustained, extremely violent assault causing unsurvivable injuries, followed by callous failure to assist, concealment of the body and deception; these facts satisfy the 'high level' brutality/callousness in s104(1)(e) (while s104(1)(g) was not satisfied), so the statutory minimum of 17 years before parole eligibility must be imposed; concurrent sentence of two years two months for injuring with intent was appropriate.