15 Oct 2020
COURT-CLAUSEN v R [2020] NZCA 488
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 488
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the District Court starting point of 11 years was too high given the injuries and overall facts compared to leading authorities; reduced the starting point to 10 years, upheld a three-month uplift for prior offending, allowed a 15% discount for the s 27 personal factors and a 10% discount for the late guilty plea, and substituted a global sentence of seven years and six months' imprisonment.