9 Dec 2020
R v RUDDELL [2020] NZHC 3250
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3250
- Court
- High Court
Court fixed a starting point of 18 years for rape-band four sexual violation offending, uplifted one year to 19 for creating/editing recordings and uplifted a further three years on totality grounds to 22 years; applied an overall 30% reduction (encompassing plea and personal mitigation) producing an end determinate sentence of 15 years 5 months, ordered concurrent sentences for remaining charges, imposed an MPI of 8 years under s 86, and declined to impose preventive detention under s 87 because specialists assessed that treatment engagement could reduce risk to an acceptable level and the c…