24 Sept 2019
HAWKEN v R [2019] NZCA 450
- Citation
- [2019] NZCA 450
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court dismissed the sentence appeal because the District Court correctly identified and weighed significant aggravating features (17-year age gap, repeated penetrative intercourse, vulnerability and caregiver role breached, prior similar conviction, efforts to suppress evidence) and placed proper, not excessive, weight on inherent harm; the starting point and final sentence were within the range established by appellate authority (notably R v H and R v Johnson).