28 Apr 2022
R v WIRIHANA [2022] NZHC 863
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 863
- Court
- High Court
Starting point placed in Taueki band two (seven years) given single fatal neck stab with aggravating features and provocation; applied 8 month uplift for prior serious offending and then full 25% discount for earliest practicable offer to plead guilty plus a 10% reduction for personal mitigation and rehabilitative prospects, arriving at an effective sentence of four years and six months' imprisonment; declined to order the sentence be served without parole because doing so would be disproportionately severe contrary to s 9 BORA given the s 27 report, rehabilitative prospects, and the proximit…