17 Jul 2023
R v KAPENE [2023] NZHC 1854
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 1854
- Court
- High Court
A starting point of four years imprisonment was appropriate for aggravated robbery involving forced entry with a metal pole where no actual violence occurred; uplift 12 months for perverting the course of justice and one month for prior offending; apply a 25% guilty plea discount and a 20% discount for personal background and addiction under the Berkland causative contribution approach; no separate youth discount for a 25 year old in these circumstances; resulting sentence two years and ten months imprisonment.