27 Feb 2020
O’NEILL v POLICE [2020] NZHC 284
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 284
- Court
- High Court
Conviction would likely cause permanent loss of security clearance and terminate the appellant's specialised naval role; given the low gravity of the offending (no proven intent to use bleach), those collateral consequences are out of all proportion to the offence and warrant a discharge without conviction under s106 of the Sentencing Act.
- Discharge without conviction (s106 sentencing act)
- Proportionality of collateral consequences
- Security clearance and employment consequences
- Appealability of sentencing omissions