6 Nov 2017
CYRUS CHRISTIAN (AKA WILLIAM JOHN TASSELL) v R [2017] NZSC 165
- Citation
- [2017] NZSC 165
- Court
- Supreme Court
The Court held the offending on count 2 fell at the lower end of rape band two under R v AM; a nine year starting point was appropriate, reduced by four months credit to an end sentence of eight years and eight months, and under s386 the Supreme Court substituted that sentence for the trial Judge's ten year sentence; a publication prohibition until final disposition of the retrial was justified for fair trial reasons.