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New Zealand Case Law

Victim harm

  • 3 Jul 2020

    R v WALKER-DAHLBERG [2020] NZHC 1562

    Citation
    [2020] NZHC 1562
    Court
    High Court

    Starting point set at four and a half years' imprisonment based on planning, presence of a loaded sawn-off shotgun, number of participants, use of disguises, verbal and physical threats and timing of the burglary; a combined reduction of 18 months for remorse, guilty plea and time on restrictive bail produced a final term of three years' imprisonment; a first strike warning was recorded under the three strikes regime.

  • 18 Aug 2017

    R v SALT [2017] NZHC 1979

    Citation
    [2017] NZHC 1979
    Court
    High Court

    Judge found multiple serious aggravating factors (planning/premeditation, gang involvement, weapon use, significant physical and psychological harm to an innocent victim) and set a starting point of four years and six months' imprisonment; applying discounts of nine months for guilty pleas, three months for remorse and restorative justice, and three months for time on EM bail yielded an effective sentence of three years and three months which was imposed concurrently on both counts.