5 Apr 2022
SINGH v POLICE [2022] NZHC 679
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 679
- Court
- High Court
The appeal was allowed in part because the Judge erred in refusing any discount for time spent on EM bail by relying on subsequent unproven charges without weighing them against the presumption of innocence; unproven charges should not be used to deny a mitigation discount for bail compliance. The Judge's refusal to grant a previous good character discount was within permissible discretion given the series of offences and limited positive evidence of character. The appropriate adjustment was a reduction of about three months, and the Court substituted concurrent sentences of 25 months for the…