27 Jul 2020
RATNAM v R [2020] NZCA 314
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 314
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the challenged Crown submissions were either legitimate inferences from the defendant's interview or, where imperfect, were minor and not prejudicial to the extent of causing a miscarriage; the judge's summing-up was adequate overall; the verdicts were reasonably open on the evidence; and the sentencing judge's refusal to grant further discount under s 27 was justified because the asserted cultural impacts lacked the requisite link to the offending to warrant further reduction, therefore the appeals against conviction and sentence were dismissed.