29 Mar 2021
WIRA v R [2021] NZCA 98
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 98
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the sentencing Judge's six‑month credit for personal circumstances was inadequate; having regard to the appellant's deprived background, exposure to violence, youth, ADHD, PTSD and rehabilitative prospects a 20% discount for personal circumstances (in addition to the 20% guilty plea discount) was justified; applying the Judge's notional sentence, a nine‑month totality reduction and then the sequential discounts produced a substituted sentence of four years and seven months which the Court imposed as the least restrictive appropriate sentence.