28 Nov 2017
R v L [2017] NZHC 2934
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2934
- Court
- High Court
Court found defendant committed sustained, premeditated ill‑treatment against two children including life‑threatening suffocation and deliberate administration/overdosing of medication; accepted expert diagnosis of Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another as causative which reduced culpability and lessened need for deterrence, warranted a 30% discount from otherwise disproportionate starting points; imposed specified concurrent and cumulative sentences totaling seven years and one month imprisonment and declined to set a minimum period of imprisonment; ordered publication prohibition under s200…
- Ill-treating a child (s195 crimes act)
- Factitious disorder imposed on another (munchausen by proxy)
- Sentencing starting point and discounts
- Concurrent and cumulative sentencing
- Publication prohibition (s200 criminal procedure act 2011)