22 Jul 2022
NICOL v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2022] NZHC 1771
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 1771
- Court
- High Court
Appellant's offending fell in Zhang band 2 but at the lower end; independent evidence established addiction and a lesser individual street‑level role so the appropriate starting point was reduced to two years six months, the four‑month uplift for prior convictions was not excessive, full guilty plea credit should have been applied (25%), a modest addiction discount (5%) and an EM bail credit equivalent to five months were appropriate, resulting in a sentence that could be commuted to home detention; accordingly the High Court substituted seven months' home detention (with three months credite…