27 May 2020
GILLARD v R [2020] NZHC 1140
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1140
- Court
- High Court
Starting point for this arson offending was reduced from that adopted in the District Court as the offending was materially less serious than comparator cases; the appellant was entitled to significant aggregate mitigation for mental health and personal background, remorse, restorative justice engagement and promised reparation, and distinct additional credit for proactive self-referral to Police, followed by full credit for an early guilty plea. Applying those discounts produced a substituted sentence of eleven months and one week imprisonment. The two weeks' imprisonment imposed in substitu…