5 Nov 2021
R v LAWRENCE [2021] NZHC 2992
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2992
- Court
- High Court
Section 104(1)(g) was engaged because the victim was particularly vulnerable, but imposing the prescriptive 17 year MPI would be manifestly unjust given the offender's circumstances (caregiver burden, sleep deprivation, desire to end terminal suffering, low risk of reoffending). Accordingly the presumption in s102 was displaced and the Court imposed a finite sentence of six years six months imprisonment and declined to impose an MPI under s86.