13 Oct 2023
ALLEN v R [2023] NZHC 2871
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2871
- Court
- High Court
The Court admitted the fresh medical evidence, found the District Court's discounts for injuries, background, remorse and custodial hardship were insufficient, increased the combined discount which reduced the appropriate end sentence to a range allowing community-based punishment, and substituted the two years and seven months imprisonment with nine and a half months home detention (plus concurrent 14 days home detention on the dangerous driving charge), with driving disqualifications unchanged and effect from 11:00am 16 October 2023; the decision rested on the combined impact of fresh medic…