10 Dec 2021
R v EPIHA [2021] NZHC 3394
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 3394
- Court
- High Court
Starting from a 24-year MPI for the murder based on aggravating features, uplifted 5 years for totality to 29 years and adjusted for offending on release and guilty plea and personal mitigation to a final MPI of 27 years, the Court held that although whole of life could be supported by the offending, imposing life without parole would be manifestly unjust given the offender's age and personal circumstances; accordingly life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 27 years was imposed.