2 Aug 2017
R v BELL [2017] NZHC 1818
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 1818
- Court
- High Court
A starting point of nine years was appropriate based on the quantities (placing offending at the lower end of band two in R v Fatu); a five percent reduction was applied for remorse and rehabilitation, and then a 20 percent reduction for the guilty plea (applied after other reductions), producing an end sentence of six years and ten months' imprisonment for methamphetamine importation; the two year sentence for GBL is concurrent, and possession of cannabis resulted in conviction and discharge; the sentence satisfies the least restrictive requirement.