16 Dec 2020
BROWN v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2020] NZHC 3361
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3361
- Court
- High Court
Appeal allowed because the sentencing calculation under Moses contained an arithmetical error reducing the corrected end sentence to 24 months which triggered consideration of home detention; changed circumstances (receipt of $20,000 on account of reparation), genuine remorse, rehabilitative prospects and strong community support meant the least restrictive appropriate sentence was home detention; original imprisonment quashed and substituted with 11 months home detention, reparation amended to $42,976.61 and emotional harm payment $7,000.