29 Apr 2022
C v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2022] NZHC 878
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 878
- Court
- High Court
The appeal was allowed and the conviction quashed because, on rehearing and having balanced the Roberts factors, the Court concluded that the collateral consequences of the 1996 conviction (notably loss of employment and inability to obtain emergency housing under the Vulnerable Children Act regime), taken together with the facts and minimal gravity of the offending, made recording a conviction out of all proportion to the offence; accordingly a discharge without conviction was appropriate.