4 Nov 2022
R v BYLES & PIGOTT [2022] NZHC 2897
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2897
- Court
- High Court
The judge set starting points reflecting principal and secondary roles (Byles 4 years 6 months; Pigott 2 years 6 months), uplifted Byles by three months for his extensive violent record to protect the community, then applied guilty plea and personal mitigation discounts (Byles: 15% guilty plea and 15% personal mitigation to reach 3 years 4 months imprisonment; Pigott: 25% guilty plea and 25% personal mitigation yielding 1 year 3 months but substituted with 18 months intensive supervision as the least restrictive appropriate sentence given pregnancy, remorse and rehabilitation prospects). Addi…