23 Dec 2019
FULLER v POLICE [2019] NZHC 3503
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 3503
- Court
- High Court
The starting point of 18 months' imprisonment adopted by the District Court was excessive for the facts and comparable authorities; an uplift of three months for general prior convictions was not justified because the prior convictions did not show a predilection for dog offending; accordingly the appropriate nominal sentence was 15 months' imprisonment, commuted to eight months' home detention; the District Court's order for $5,000 reparation stands notwithstanding the sentencing Judge's apparent change of view.