21 Mar 2022
TAYLOR v R [2022] NZCA 70
- Citation
- [2022] NZCA 70
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the sentencing Judge's nine year starting point was within the available range given the intensive grooming, planning, prolonged penetrative offending, breach of trust, and pregnancy; and the Judge was entitled to refuse any discount for prior good character because the prolonged offending and lack of insight rendered such credit inappropriate, therefore the appeal was dismissed and the six years nine months sentence was upheld.