4 Apr 2023
R v [ALABASTER] [2023] NZHC 734
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 734
- Court
- High Court
The court was satisfied on the evidence of health assessors that the defendant met the statutory definition of intellectual disability and that compulsory care under the ID(CCR) was required both in his own interest and for public safety; the appropriate disposition was to make him a care recipient for two years and to set a 'come up for sentence if called on' condition, and permanent name suppression under s200 CPA was justified because publication would likely cause extreme hardship and was not required in the public interest.
- Indecent assault
- Resisting arrest
- Criminal procedure (mentally impaired persons) act 2003
- Intellectual disability (compulsory care and rehabilitation) act 2003
- Suppression orders (criminal procedure act 2011 s200)
- Risk of sexual reoffending