15 Jul 2021
IHAIA v R [2021] NZHC 1785
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 1785
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the District Court erred by treating multiple victims as aggravating the lead wounding charge and by setting too high a starting point; the offending was an impulsive single‑act use of a vehicle akin to a single‑blow assault falling in Taueki Band 1, warranting a reduced starting point (4 years and 3 months when aggregated), allowed a full 25% guilty plea discount plus 20% youth, 5% remorse and 5% rehabilitation discounts (total 55%) reducing the sentence to 1 year 11 months, and, applying the least restrictive principle and accounting for time served, substituted home det…