20 Mar 2018
Haimona v New Zealand Police [2018] NZHC 472
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 472
- Court
- High Court
Judge erred by failing to give separate discounts for genuine remorse and cooperation; on reassessment a 5% discount for remorse and 15% for cooperation (in addition to a 25% early guilty plea discount) were appropriate, and a proper starting point for the aggregate offending was higher than the District Court's starting point; after recalculation the appropriate global sentence is 33 months' imprisonment, therefore the appeal is allowed, District Court sentences quashed and new concurrent sentences of two years and nine months imposed.