9 Apr 2019
BIGHAM-HILL v R [2019] NZHC 753
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 753
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the 18 month sentence was not manifestly excessive: the offending (strangulation-type conduct plus blows) was near the most serious male assaults female and justified an initial starting point at or near the maximum (24 months) with uplift for prior violent history; a 25% discount for guilty plea was correctly applied and other personal mitigators did not warrant further reduction; leave to apply for home detention was properly declined due to lack of suitable address and prior breaches of release conditions indicating non-compliance risk; the release condition requiring P…