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New Zealand Case Law

Consistency of sentencing
  • 11 Jun 2018

    R v KAREKARE [2018] NZHC 1364

    Citation
    [2018] NZHC 1364
    Court
    High Court

    Adopt the co-offenders' starting point of five and a half years, uplift by six months for the perverting-the-course offence (total 72 months); apply a 35% reduction for personal mitigation (20% youth/immaturity, 10% good character/remorse/reparation, 5% rehabilitation) to reach 47 months, then apply a 10% guilty plea discount to reach a final sentence of 42 months' imprisonment; concurrent two year sentence for perverting the course of justice; order reparation of NZD 3,000 payable at NZD 20 per week after release.

    • Grievous bodily harm
    • Perverting the course of justice
    • Guilty plea discount
    • Youth and rehabilitation
    • Consistency of sentencing
    • Provocation