18 Jun 2021
R v DHILLON [2021] NZHC 1449
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 1449
- Court
- High Court
Starting point fixed at six months imprisonment to reflect participation in a pre-meditated group attack where weapons were present but the defendant's personal role and the injuries were relatively minor; applied discounts for good character (~15%) and for undue pre-trial delay (~17%), yielding a short custodial outcome that was converted to a non-custodial sanction; imposed 100 hours community work because imprisonment would be disproportionate given low culpability, absence of prior convictions, community ties and the punitive effect of prolonged delay.