27 Aug 2018
R v McGRATH [2018] NZHC 2212
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2212
- Court
- High Court
Starting point set at 15 years for Band 4 methamphetamine offending with a 12 month uplift for extensive possession of incapacitated and high-capacity firearms (combined starting point 16 years); applied a 15% discount for the causal contribution of defendant's diagnosed OCD and anxiety and a 25% discount for an early guilty plea, producing an effective sentence of 10 years and one month imprisonment; concurrent two year sentence on the remaining charges; declined to impose a minimum sentence beyond that otherwise applicable under the Parole Act; granted temporary suppression of identificatio…