31 May 2019
R v GOSLING [2019] NZHC 1233
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1233
- Court
- High Court
Starting point for manslaughter by dangerous driving with alcohol was fixed at six years and three months imprisonment based on comparative authorities and high culpability from extreme speed and alcohol; uplift of three months for prior drink-driving convictions; reduction of eight months for mitigation (remorse, restorative engagement and s10(c)/(d) factors); a full 25% discount for an early guilty plea applied to yield a final custodial sentence of four years four months and two weeks; concurrent sentence on the related driving offence, two year driving disqualification, and order for spec…