30 Oct 2019
R v ROBERTSON [2019] NZHC 2773
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2773
- Court
- High Court
Given prolonged, premeditated and moderately sophisticated fraud across six years targeting largely elderly and vulnerable victims, causing significant financial and emotional harm (approx. NZD 1.2m and AUD 271,200), a global starting point of seven years' imprisonment was appropriate. Credit of four months (approx. 5%) was allowed for binding undertakings and cooperation, producing an effective sentence of six years and eight months' imprisonment to be served concurrently, together with a minimum period of imprisonment of 50% (three years and four months) because the normal non-parole period…