6 Mar 2023
P v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2023] NZHC 402
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 402
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the starting point of 18 months for the protection‑order breach involving unauthorised entry was available given its burglary‑equivalent seriousness; separate uplifts for other breaches and the threat were justified, but a six‑month uplift for prior non‑custodial protection‑order convictions constituted disproportionate further punishment and amounted to impermissible double counting therefore it was removed; the 20% guilty plea discount was not in error; substituted sentence imposed at two years and one month imprisonment.