19 Dec 2019
MURDOCH v POLICE [2019] NZHC 3446
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 3446
- Court
- High Court
The Court held the District Court's starting point of eight months' imprisonment was appropriate given the defendant's conscious recklessness and the scale and sophistication of the fraud; the end sentence of six months' community detention was within range and not manifestly excessive, so the appeal against sentence was dismissed. However, the District Court erred in ordering full reparation without realistic prospect of payment and without adequate consideration of the offender's financial capacity; the reparation orders were quashed.