7 Dec 2017
THOMPSON v POLICE [2017] NZHC 3039
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 3039
- Court
- High Court
The starting point of two years for the injuring with intent offence was appropriate given the deliberate attack to the head with a weapon and the victim's vulnerability; the cumulative nine month uplift for two breaches of protection orders, while stern, was within the District Court's discretion given the separate orders, the timing and the appellant's pattern of ignoring court restraints; the mitigation offered did not outweigh these factors, so the sentence of two years and one month was affirmed.