27 Oct 2021
TIPENE v R [2021] NZCA 565
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 565
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court concluded the District Court's starting point of four and a half years for aggravated burglary was not excessive; separate uplifts of 12 months and nine months were appropriate for the dangerous driving/attempt to ram police and wounding the police dog respectively, producing a combined adjusted starting point of six years three months; a 15% discount for s 27 personal factors and a 5% guilty plea discount (total 20%) reduced the term by 15 months to an effective sentence of five years; the MPI imposed by the District Court was unjustified and is quashed given rehabilitation prospec…