24 Sept 2020
SCOTT v R [2020] NZCA 448
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 448
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the jury directions and summing up were adequate and not unfairly biased, the presence of residual internet material did not demonstrate juror non‑compliance or render the retrial unfair, and Judge Kelly was entitled to impose a longer sentence because the earlier sentence was manifestly inadequate; the six year sentence (with applied discounts and uplifts) was proportionate and not manifestly excessive.