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