12 Sept 2023
R v LARKINS [2023] NZHC 2545
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2545
- Court
- High Court
Adopt a global starting point of nine years six months' imprisonment for the consolidated offending (arson lead); apply a six month uplift for riotous damage and assault with a weapon; grant a 5% discount for guilty plea and 15% for personal background, offset by a 3% adjustment for prior convictions, producing a net reduction of 17% and an end sentence of seven years ten months' imprisonment on the arson charge (other two charges five years concurrent); reject mitigation based on prison conditions and refuse a totality reduction given gravity and scale of offending.