11 May 2020
DEWDNEY v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2020] NZHC 954
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 954
- Court
- High Court
Court concluded overall gravity of offending was low when personal mitigation and youth considered; direct and indirect consequences of conviction were also low and therefore not out of all proportion to gravity so statutory threshold for discharge under s106 was not met; appeal against conviction dismissed; sentence of 12 months judicially monitored intensive supervision was more restrictive than necessary and was quashed and substituted with 12 months supervision.