23 Oct 2020
FAIYUM v R [2020] NZCA 523
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 523
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Appellant's role was between 'lesser' and 'significant' but below that assumed by the District Court; starting point set at the bottom of band five (10 years' imprisonment); no discount for addiction because evidence was self-reported and nexus to offending insufficient; 10% discount for previous good character was appropriate; 15% discount for guilty plea applied; the combination produced an end sentence of seven years and six months' imprisonment, and the original sentence was manifestly excessive and therefore substituted accordingly.