23 Mar 2016
BLAKE v R [2016] NZCA 82
- Citation
- [2016] NZCA 82
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held that s 104(1)(e) applied because the deliberate stabbing of the victim's eyes and neck constituted gratuitous acts demonstrating a high level of callousness and intent to mutilate, justifying the 17 year starting point reduced by one year for the early guilty plea, producing a 16 year minimum period; the appeal was dismissed.