29 Apr 2022
R v KEATS [2022] NZCA 149
- Citation
- [2022] NZCA 149
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Leave to bring a second appeal was declined because the proposed grounds lacked merit: counter‑intuitive principles were properly applied without mandatory expert evidence and the telecommunications records were fresh but not cogent about content; the Solicitor‑General's appeal against sentence succeeded because the High Court's finite sentence was manifestly inadequate given the established pattern of violent sexual offending, high and ongoing risk of reoffending, entrenched denial and low prospects of treatment, warranting preventive detention with an MPI of eight years.