1 Feb 2023
R v BRIDER [2023] NZHC 56
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 56
- Court
- High Court
Given extensive aggravating factors (calculated premeditated sexually-motivated attack, unlawful entry, extreme brutality and callousness, victim vulnerability, and close similarity to prior sexual violence while on parole) and expert evidence of a very high risk of serious reoffending and lack of genuine rehabilitation, the Court set a starting minimum period of 23 years for life imprisonment, uplifted modestly for criminal history and reoffending on release then applied an 18-month guilty plea reduction resulting in a 23-year minimum; imposed preventive detention (minimum 6 years) for abduc…