7 Jul 2022
NICHOLAS BRIAN WYATT v R [2022] NZCA 298
- Citation
- [2022] NZCA 298
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Although the appellant met the eligibility threshold for preventive detention due to a high risk of reoffending, the Court concluded preventive detention was not necessary given the absence of a pattern of serious sexual offending, the relatively lower seriousness of the index offences, and the presence of protective factors; therefore the High Court's preventive detention was manifestly excessive and was substituted with a determinate sentence of four years, four months' imprisonment.