22 Jun 2017
GIFKINS v POLICE [2017] NZHC 1399
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 1399
- Court
- High Court
The appeal was allowed in part: the Court held the driving offending starting point was within range but the protection order uplift was not warranted and one set of assault/wilful damage convictions entered following a sentence indication should be quashed and retried; the overall sentence was reduced by one month to 11 months' imprisonment after adjusting for totality and specific uplifts; disqualification periods were recalculated in accordance with s 52(5) Land Transport Act 1998 producing an aggregate 24 months disqualification; leave was granted to apply for home detention given time al…