7 Dec 2020
SMITH v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2020] NZHC 3211
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3211
- Court
- High Court
The Court found the offending overall to be of low gravity when mitigation (no prior convictions, voluntary anger management course, completion of community work, remorse and low risk of reoffending) was taken into account; the conviction had caused and risked substantial immigration and employment disadvantages which are out of all proportion to the low gravity of the offence; accordingly the conviction was quashed and the appellant discharged without conviction under s106.