9 Nov 2017
HAIG v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2017] NZHC 2751
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2751
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the six month imprisonment was within the available range for an eighth driving-while-disqualified offence given the offender's persistent reoffending, the ineffectiveness of prior community-based sentences, the PAC high-risk assessment and the need for deterrence and denunciation; because imprisonment was appropriate s94 substitution was not available and the appeal was dismissed.