22 Aug 2018
PATTISON v POLICE [2018] NZHC 2163
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2163
- Court
- High Court
Court held Judge erred by including adult bestiality images among child pornography counts which exaggerated gravity but the lead starting point of three years and six months for distribution was within range; a 12 month uplift for possession was appropriate giving a global starting point of four years six months, and after discounts (three months for previous good character and 20% for guilty pleas) the correct sentence is three years and five months imprisonment; the original sentence of four years two months was manifestly excessive and substituted accordingly.