27 Aug 2019
ARPS v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2019] NZHC 2113
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2113
- Court
- High Court
The High Court concluded the District Court's starting point of 2.5 years (30 months) properly reflected the seriousness of arranging and distributing a modified first-person video of mass murder shortly after the attacks with the purpose of glorifying and trivialising the killings, that the s 9(1)(h) aggravating feature applied, and that home detention would not achieve the purposes of sentencing (denunciation and deterrence) given the offender's lack of remorse, high risk of reoffending and the ease of reoffending from home; therefore the 21 month custodial sentence (after discounts) was no…