30 Jul 2020
MARRINER v POLICE [2020] NZHC 1877
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1877
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the offending was moderately serious domestic violence involving sustained assault and hands around the victim's neck; the direct and indirect consequences of conviction (including employment effects) were natural and not out of all proportion to the gravity of the offending; the psychotherapist report lacked sufficient corroboration to establish causal mitigation; additional affidavits were not fresh or cogent; and the 200 hours' community work and $1,000 reparation were not manifestly excessive, therefore the appeal was dismissed.