28 Oct 2022
DISCIPLE v NZ POLICE [2022] NZHC 2797
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2797
- Court
- High Court
Sentencing: the lead offending starting point was reduced to 3 years 6 months based on comparative authorities and corrected findings about frequency and duration; an 18 month uplift for other victims produced a global starting point of 5 years, reduced for totality to 4 years, and after permitted discounts (25% guilty plea, 10% cooperation, 5% good character, 5% remorse, 10% rehabilitation/family consequences) the final substituted sentence is 21 months imprisonment. Suppression: the threshold for permanent name suppression under s200(2) was not met because the appellant failed to demonstrat…