7 Dec 2021
SAUA v R [2021] NZHC 3330
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 3330
- Court
- High Court
Section 18 of the Sentencing Act 2002 precluded the sentencing Judge from applying any uplift to reflect the lesser aggravated injuring charge because the offender was under 18 at the time; the correct standalone starting point for the aggravated wounding was eight years, and applying appropriate discounts produced a substituted sentence of two years seven months imprisonment; the concurrent sentence on the lesser charge was quashed and the offender convicted and discharged on that count.