27 Jun 2019
BORELL v POLICE [2019] NZHC 1483
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1483
- Court
- High Court
The High Court accepted the s 27 report disclosed substantial mitigating personal, familial and cultural deprivation causally linked to the offending, warranting a significant personal circumstances discount; a 30% reduction was appropriate on the lead offence, reducing the sentence to 22 months, and leave was granted to apply for home detention under s 80I subject to availability and suitability of placement and address.