13 Nov 2018
WILLIAMS v R [2018] NZHC 2945
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2945
- Court
- High Court
The High Court found the sentencing Judge's starting point (4 years 3 months) and subsequent uplifts were within the available range given Ms Williams' role, prior relevant convictions and offending while on home detention; the four-month totality reduction and 25% guilty plea discount yielded a final sentence of 3 years 11 months which was not manifestly excessive; pre-sentence detention between the application and sentencing is to be credited by Corrections following Booth and did not render the sentence excessive; no hardship discount was warranted given offending occurred with children in…