4 Jul 2018
WOOD v POLICE [2018] NZHC 1629
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 1629
- Court
- High Court
The High Court upheld the District Court's assessment that the September 14–15 2017 unlawful taking coupled with a prolonged dangerous police pursuit and discovery of weapons warranted a starting point of not less than 20 months; treating the remaining catalogue of dishonesty and related offending together produced a global starting point of 36 months after uplift for record and offending on bail, with mitigation of four months for restorative justice factors and a 15% guilty plea discount; accordingly the sentence of two years and eight months is within range and the appeal is dismissed.