17 Jul 2020
R v LIDDER [2020] NZHC 1738
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1738
- Court
- High Court
Defendant's role was assessed as at the upper end of the 'lesser' category under Zhang; starting point set at 14.5 years, uplifted one year for additional offences to 15.5 years; applied deductions totalling 40% (10% good character, 5% youth/naivety/remorse/foreign national difficulties, 25% guilty plea) producing a final global sentence of nine years three months for importing methamphetamine; concurrent shorter sentences imposed for other charges; no MPI imposed because the sentence achieved denunciation and deterrence and the defendant lacked full awareness of the wider operation; ordered…