18 Oct 2018
R v DUFF [2018] NZHC 2690
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2690
- Court
- High Court
The defendant murdered his nine-month-old daughter by multiple applications of significant blunt force to the head; this conduct engages the especially bad murder provision and, after weighing aggravating features and the cultural/personal background, a minimum period of 17 years before parole is appropriate and not manifestly unjust; no uplift was applied for prior convictions given mitigating background factors.