15 Oct 2019
R v LAVAKULA [2019] NZHC 2615
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2615
- Court
- High Court
Court rejected both parties' extreme approaches and decomposed the January offending into component parts, fixed starting points for each component, imposed cumulative consecutive sentences, applied a 15% discount for youth/upbringing/rehabilitation and a 20% discount for the guilty plea, and ordered the second‑strike element (wounding with reckless disregard) to be served without parole; resulting aggregate sentence 7 years 7 months' imprisonment with a minimum period without parole of 2 years 9 months.