22 Sept 2021
GILLESPIE v POLICE [2021] NZHC 2487
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2487
- Court
- High Court
Fresh evidence of ADHD, methamphetamine addiction and rehabilitation was admitted; the Court found the District Court had under-credited the appellant for guilty plea, personal mitigating factors and time on EM bail, adjusted the global starting point (39 months) by allowing a 4-month guilty plea credit (20% of burglary starting point), a 6-month (15%) discount for mental impairment/addiction and rehabilitation, and a 5-month credit for time on EM bail, leading to an adjusted custodial figure which the Court converted to a non-custodial outcome and substituted a ten-month home detention sente…