15 Dec 2021
MUCALO-CONNOLLY v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2021] NZHC 3476
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 3476
- Court
- High Court
The High Court found the District Court erred by adopting a 16 month starting point; the aggravating features were not 'significant' as in Wood and a 12 month starting point was the top of the appropriate range. Applying a 20% guilty plea discount to the 12 month starting point (reducing to nine months) and then a three month uplift for persistent relevant offending produced a substituted final sentence of 12 months' imprisonment. Home detention at the appellant's mother's address was refused as unsuitable due to risk to a recent victim and Corrections' concerns.