8 May 2020
VELA v R [2020] NZCA 153
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 153
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the eight year starting point for the grievous bodily harm offence fell within Taueki band two given multiple aggravating features (extreme violence, head attack, significant and lasting injury, victim vulnerability, breach of the sanctity of the home); the sentencing judge was entitled to disregard the rejected district court sentencing indication and consider the matter afresh with trial evidence and reports; an 18 month cumulative uplift for attempting to pervert the course of justice was appropriate; totality considerations did not require a reduction and the resulting ten…