21 Dec 2018
R v BARTLETT [2018] NZHC 3449
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 3449
- Court
- High Court
Preventive detention was not imposed because, although the offender posed a current risk of violent reoffending, the risk exceeded the threshold only marginally and a lengthy finite cumulative sentence together with requirements for rehabilitation and monitoring was sufficient to meet the purposes of sentencing. The Court fixed specific starting points (5 years for GBH; 18 months and 18 months for related offences; 12 months for dishonesty) reduced for guilty pleas and applied cumulative sentencing to reach an effective sentence of seven years' imprisonment; no minimum period under s86 was im…