14 Dec 2022
R v ILTON [2022] NZHC 3400
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 3400
- Court
- High Court
The defendant's role encompassed logistical and operational functions that sat at the lower end of a 'significant' role and higher end of a 'lesser' role for band 5 offending (>2kg); applying Zhang as modified by Berkland, the correct starting point was nine and a half years, reduced by 20% for the guilty plea and a further 5% for personal mitigating factors to reach a sentence of seven years and one month imprisonment on the methamphetamine charge, with a concurrent two months on the computer search charge and conviction and discharge on the Health Act charge; no minimum period or uplift was…