26 Sept 2023
R v POU [2023] NZHC 2681
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2681
- Court
- High Court
The Court imposed life imprisonment with a minimum period of imprisonment of 17 years because the killing involved a sustained and brutal beating, use of a weapon, disabling of the victim and concealment of the body demonstrating a high level of brutality and callousness under s104(1)(e), and the victim's particular vulnerability due to injuries and remote location engaged s104(1)(g); no mitigating features warranted departing from the statutory 17-year MPI.