11 Aug 2021
The starting point of two years and nine months was within range; the victim's conduct did not amount to provocation that materially reduced Mr White's culpability; the Judge was entitled to refuse a discrete discount for remorse or restorative justice given the evidence; the end sentence of two years and three months is not manifestly excessive and the appeal is dismissed.
28 Mar 2019
The Court held the end sentence of two years and three months imprisonment was within range; the placement within band two of Nuku and the adopted starting point of two years and three months, the three month uplift for prior convictions and the three month discount for 13 months on EM bail were within the sentencing judge's discretion, and home detention would have been inappropriate; therefore the appeal against sentence is dismissed.
7 Dec 2017
The starting point of two years for the injuring with intent offence was appropriate given the deliberate attack to the head with a weapon and the victim's vulnerability; the cumulative nine month uplift for two breaches of protection orders, while stern, was within the District Court's discretion given the separate orders, the timing and the appellant's pattern of ignoring court restraints; the mitigation offered did not outweigh these factors, so the sentence of two years and one month was affirmed.
22 Mar 2017
High Court found a material error in sentencing because restrictive EM bail had not been considered. Re-evaluating the offending placed it at the top of band two/bottom of band three under Nuku with an appropriate starting point of 2 years 8 months, a modest uplift of 2 months for prior convictions/accompanying charges, and a 3 month discount for four and a half months on restrictive EM bail; the appropriate conversion of outstanding fines justified reducing the cumulative substitution from four months to two months. The corrected total sentence is 2 years 9 months imprisonment.