15 Oct 2021
R v TAI [2021] NZHC 2769
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2769
- Court
- High Court
Apply a starting point of five years for the attempted grievous bodily harm (top of band one/bottom of band two), discount the starting point by one-third because the offence was an attempt but close to success (resulting in 3 years 4 months), uplift by two months for related offending to 3 years 6 months, apply a 45% total discount (25% guilty plea plus 20% for youth, remorse, deprivation and rehabilitation potential) reducing the term to 23 months, then impose home detention rather than further imprisonment and give credit for five months remand and seven months EM bail to arrive at three m…