18 Aug 2017
GIBSON v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2017] NZHC 1975
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 1975
- Court
- High Court
The Court found the seven month uplift for additional offending and the five month uplift for previous convictions/offending on bail were excessive when measured against comparable cases and parity; a total uplift of six months (three months for additional offending and three months for antecedents/offending on bail) was appropriate. Applying the existing 27% reduction for guilty plea and personal mitigation produced a substituted sentence of 17 months and two weeks imprisonment, and the appeal was allowed and the original sentence substituted accordingly.