17 Jun 2016
PUATA v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2016] NZHC 1323
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 1323
- Court
- High Court
The High Court found the District Court sentence manifestly excessive because the starting point and uplifts were disproportionate and the Judge relied on unproven facts and overstated non-compliance. The Court substituted sentences: male assaults female reduced to five months' imprisonment, each breach of supervision reduced to two weeks' imprisonment (cumulative effective end sentence 5.5 months), allowed a 10% discount for personal mitigation and the full 25% guilty plea discount, and reduced the uplift for prior offending to one month.