23 Sept 2022
ISLE v NZ POLICE [2022] NZHC 2454
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2454
- Court
- High Court
The High Court found the District Court did not err: the inference that the appellant was engaged to some extent in converting imitation firearms into working firearms was open on the agreed facts (quantity of imitation weapons, conversion equipment, reloading equipment, ammunition and a sawn-off shotgun), the seriousness of that combined offending meant home detention would not adequately achieve denunciation and deterrence, and the sentence of 17 months' imprisonment was within the proper range and not manifestly excessive.