4 Sept 2020
R v FORE & ORS [2020] NZHC 2290
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2290
- Court
- High Court
For gang-related armed robbery that resulted in death where defendants are parties but not established leaders or instrumental actors, an appropriate general starting point is 8–9 years for participants; apply 25% guilty plea credit and allow approximately 10% discount for demonstrated cultural deprivation where causative; uplift for separate wounding and driving offending applied where proven; do not impose a minimum period under s86 absent clear necessity; adjust for totality to avoid excessive cumulative punishment. Application of these principles produced final sentences: Rippon 6 years 6…