16 Oct 2023
R v LONGSHAW [2023] NZHC 2902
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2902
- Court
- High Court
Starting point of 22 months imprisonment was appropriate for a moderate level of culpability for grossly negligent omission to obtain medical assistance for a highly vulnerable adult; after allowing 25% for an immediate guilty plea and 5% for previous good character (total 30%) the global sentence reduced to 15 months which, given low risk of re-offending, suitability of address and rehabilitative needs, justified conversion to 7.5 months home detention with conditions rather than full-time imprisonment; the death was not treated as a causative aggravating factor because causation was not est…