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New Zealand Case Law

Attempted grievous bodily harm

  • 15 Oct 2021

    R v TAI [2021] NZHC 2769

    Citation
    [2021] NZHC 2769
    Court
    High Court

    Apply a starting point of five years for the attempted grievous bodily harm (top of band one/bottom of band two), discount the starting point by one-third because the offence was an attempt but close to success (resulting in 3 years 4 months), uplift by two months for related offending to 3 years 6 months, apply a 45% total discount (25% guilty plea plus 20% for youth, remorse, deprivation and rehabilitation potential) reducing the term to 23 months, then impose home detention rather than further imprisonment and give credit for five months remand and seven months EM bail to arrive at three m…

  • 2 Dec 2020

    R v TAYLOR [2020] NZHC 3174

    Citation
    [2020] NZHC 3174
    Court
    High Court

    The offending was a mid-to-high range attempted GBH aggravated by targeting an on-duty police officer, use of a tomahawk, premeditation and significant intentional property damage; a starting point of four years for attempted GBH plus uplift for related assault and damage produced a total starting point of five and a half years; after applying a 25% discount for the guilty plea and a 15% discount for established mental health mitigation, the appropriate global sentence is three years and three months' imprisonment, with reparation of $2,000 to the New Zealand Police payable from release at $2…