16 Dec 2022
R v PARATA, TE AO & THOMPSON [2022] NZHC 3503
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 3503
- Court
- High Court
The court fixed a lead starting point of 3 years 6 months' imprisonment for the more serious 29 July aggravated robbery (low premeditation, minimal home invasion, threats and removal to ATM) and uplifted one year to account for the connected 25 July aggravated robbery (total starting point 4 years 6 months). It applied discrete uplifts for offending while on bail/supervisory sentence and prior convictions, then applied percentage reductions for youth, adverse personal/cultural background, guilty pleas, and fixed reductions for time spent on EM bail, producing individual end sentences: Parata…