16 Sept 2021
MANAHI v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2021] NZHC 2430
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2430
- Court
- High Court
The High Court found the District Court's composite starting point was excessive by two uplifts (past offending uplift and arguably too-large uplift for ancillary offending) and increased guilty plea discount; the s 27 report established a nexus between early life adversity and offending such that greater mitigation was warranted; given appellant's age, primary caregiver status and a suitable monitored address, home detention was a lawful and appropriate substitute for imprisonment; accordingly the sentences of imprisonment were quashed and substituted with three months' home detention with s…