14 Jun 2022
R v AKASH [2022] NZHC 1387
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 1387
- Court
- High Court
Starting point set at 18 years for the especially bad murder given extreme brutality; deduct three years to reflect substantial nexus between the defendant's psychotic illness and the offending (while also accounting for methamphetamine use and concealment conduct), producing a minimum period of 15 years which the Judge found not manifestly unjust given defendant's youth and lack of prior record but significant culpability.