12 Mar 2020
KEEGAN v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2020] NZHC 489
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 489
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the sentencing judge did not err: a starting point of 18 months for the lead assault-with-weapon charges was within an appropriate range (middle of Nuku band two), the 12 month uplift for breach(s) of protection order and the dishonestly using a document charge was available given the home invasion, weapon use and psychological harm, the uplifts for prior convictions and offending while subject to sentence were appropriate and not impermissible double-counting, and the aggregate sentence of two years five months imprisonment was not manifestly excessive; appeal dismissed.