8 Sept 2021
DAWSON v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2021] NZHC 2340
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2340
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the District Court did not err in adopting a four year starting point because the robbery had the hallmarks of a home invasion (disguise, premeditation, violence, confrontation of a child); the uplift for additional offending should be reduced so that combined uplifts for prior convictions and offending on bail total six months (not nine), because the offender's methamphetamine addiction materially causally linked to much dishonesty; the 15% discount for personal mitigation was appropriate; appeal allowed in part and original 3 years 6 months sentence quashed and replaced…