28 Nov 2016
R v TAYLOR [2016] NZHC 2846
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 2846
- Court
- High Court
Judge found very high culpability for Cindy Taylor due to prolonged, multifaceted gross neglect of her mother (breach of trust, cruelty, death) and fixed a starting point of 12 years for manslaughter, imposed 12 years for manslaughter plus concurrent dishonesty terms (15 and 3 months) served cumulatively, producing a total of 13 years 3 months; for Mrs Luana Taylor and Mr Brian Taylor, starting points of 6.5 and 6 years respectively were adopted for failing to protect a vulnerable adult given their deliberate blindness to obvious risk and concealment, with limited mitigation acknowledged for…