13 Sept 2023
R v RANAPIA [2023] NZHC 2561
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2561
- Court
- High Court
Court adopted a global starting point of nine years six months imprisonment, applied a total 30% reduction for guilty plea, personal background, remorse and rehabilitation (reducing the term to six years seven months), and then allowed a nine month reduction for 15.5 months on EM bail, resulting in an end sentence of five years ten months' imprisonment for the lead arson count with concurrent five year sentences on the other charges and no minimum period imposed.