7 May 2021
R v MARTIN [2021] NZHC 1012
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 1012
- Court
- High Court
Starting point set at eight years' imprisonment because the offender used a heavy, lethal weapon, applied extreme force and delivered the fatal blow to an unarmed, vulnerable victim; reduced by 12 months for significant personal and cultural background factors and by a further 12 months for the earlier offer to plead and cooperation/delay, with no uplift for prior convictions, producing an end sentence of six years' imprisonment; no minimum period imposed.