27 Feb 2020
R v CLARKE [2020] NZHC 288
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 288
- Court
- High Court
Adopt an 18‑month starting point to reflect the victim's age, vulnerability and the injury; reduce by 15% for youth and rehabilitation prospects and by 25% for an immediate guilty plea producing a notional ~11 months, and then impose six months' home detention because the defendant's age, strong prospects of rehabilitation, comparatively lesser violence and agreement of the Crown and family make imprisonment inappropriate.