28 Aug 2019
PEREIRA v POLICE [2019] NZHC 2130
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2130
- Court
- High Court
The appellant's assault was of low-to-moderate gravity but the statutory and practical consequences of conviction, while moderately serious, were not out of all proportion to the gravity of the offending given the availability and historical success rate of exemptions under the Children's Act and the need to preserve the statutory protection scheme; therefore the court must decline to discharge and the appeal is dismissed.