3 Feb 2017
R v MADAMS [2017] NZHC 81
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 81
- Court
- High Court
The Court assessed each defendant's culpability by role, conduct and personal factors: [L] (young, peripheral participant who struck one blow) sentenced to 2 years 7 months imprisonment with no minimum period; Mathew (driver, reluctant, mental health issues) sentenced to 2 years 4 months imprisonment and given a first strike warning; Tyrone Peter (instigator/influencer, party under s 66(2) but not found to have inflicted fatal blows) sentenced to 5 years 10 months imprisonment with a 50% minimum non-parole period; Kevin (convicted of murder as party with foresight of probable death) received…