18 Aug 2021
WALKER v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2021] NZHC 2149
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2149
- Court
- High Court
The starting point of more than three months for the breach of prison release conditions was excessive given the single breach and prior compliance, and an additional uplift for previous convictions double‑counted factors already reflected in the offence assessment; the appropriate global sentence before mitigation was nine months and, after applying a 25% guilty plea discount, the correct end sentence is six months three weeks on the lead charge, so the appeal is allowed and the ten‑month sentence is quashed and substituted accordingly.