31 Mar 2022
HOROPAPERA and ORS v R [2022] NZHC 646
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 646
- Court
- High Court
Court dismissed Horopapera's and Mahuika's appeals and allowed Simon's appeal in part: the trial judge's seven year starting point for principal cultivators was upheld and the separate uplift for theft of electricity was not double-counting given the scale of diversion; Simon's culpability was reassessed as materially lower than the trial judge found (specialist electrician role June–August 2020), resulting in reduction of his starting point to 4 years 3 months and an increased mitigation credit producing an effective sentence of 33 months imprisonment; Horopapera's complaints about double-co…