12 Oct 2021
R v CHADWICK [2021] NZHC 3038
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 3038
- Court
- High Court
Offending was band two rape against an eight-year-old in the defendant's overnight care with significant breach of trust and lasting harm; starting point set at 9.5 years (114 months); uplift of six months applied for prior Australian child sexual offending; guilty plea discount of 15% (17 months) applied but reduced by 6 months because of uplift, producing a sentence for the present offending of 103 months (8 years 7 months); cumulative approach with existing sentence adopted but reduced for totality to a global 12 years' imprisonment, resulting in 9 years to be served from sentencing after…