2 Jun 2020
R v K TE POONO [2020] NZHC 1188
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1188
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that the defendant's personal circumstances and mental disorder did not make life imprisonment manifestly unjust; aggravating features (close‑range shotgun shot, partial premeditation, leaving the wounded victim) justified a serious sentence but, on balance and having regard to comparable authorities and mitigation, the statutory minimum period of 10 years before parole eligibility was sufficient; accordingly the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum period of 10 years and an order for destruction of the firearm.