20 Jul 2023
CHAKWIZIRA v CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2023] NZCA 307 [20 July 2023]
- Citation
- [2023] NZCA 307
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the evidence did not establish a pervasive pattern of serious sexual offending required by Parole Act s107I(2)(a): although the appellant poses a high future risk and has troubling personality traits, the past offending taken as a whole did not meet the statutory seriousness threshold and the ESO was therefore unjustified; accordingly the appeal is allowed and the ESO quashed.