20 Dec 2018
LENORA MAHANGA v R [2018] NZHC 3441
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 3441
- Court
- High Court
On appeal the Court found the starting point adopted by the sentencing Judge was excessive for the appellant's role; set a reduced starting point of six years, allowed appropriate uplifts for additional offending and for conduct on bail, applied defined discounts (modest remorse 5%, guilty plea 15%, youth 20% as relevant in calculation) and substituted an aggregate sentence of four years and eleven months imprisonment; the Court quashed the imposed 50% MPI as unnecessary and noted the objectionable material in a VIS was not relied on for sentencing.