12 Sept 2018
BEAVEN v R [2018] NZHC 2401
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2401
- Court
- High Court
The High Court found no legal error in the District Court's assessment of wilful blindness or the initial 12-month reduction for lesser role, but admitted and relied on fresh evidence about the appellant's role as primary caregiver which showed the sentence was inappropriate; the appeal was allowed to reduce the sentence further for family hardship, making home detention available, and the appropriate disposal was to quash the 27 month term and substitute six months home detention (conditions per PAC report), with time served taken into account as specified.