20 Oct 2021
TAUIA v R [2021] NZHC 2803
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2803
- Court
- High Court
The starting point of five years six months was within the permissible range for this aggravated jewellery store robbery; an uplift of two months for offending while on intensive supervision was justified, but an additional uplift for prior aggravated robbery convictions was unnecessary given the operation of s 86C which already removes parole and addresses denunciation/community protection; the District Court under-credited restorative justice and post-arrest rehabilitative efforts and over-credit was not warranted for s 27 social background factors absent a clear causal nexus; adjusting cre…