26 Oct 2016
R v BOND [2016] NZHC 2561
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 2561
- Court
- High Court
Adopted a 14 year starting point for the sexual violation offending (band 3), applied a 12 month uplift for the 1995 abduction to address deterrence, granted a 15% reduction for a late guilty plea, resulting in a finite sentence of 12 years 9 months for the sexual violation charges; imposed a concurrent structure for other offences (3 years aggravated burglary, 2 years assault with a weapon, 3 years abduction) and imposed a minimum period of imprisonment of eight years; preventive detention declined because a lengthy finite sentence combined with the availability of extended supervision and t…