29 Jan 2016
R v SANGHA AND SINGH [2016] NZHC 37
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 37
- Court
- High Court
Judge fixed starting points at 2.5 years for Kulwant Singh and 2 years for Jaswinder Singh Sangha, found Kulwant more culpable as principal who drafted false refugee claims for significant monetary gain and Jaswinder as initiator/party with lesser culpability; after allowing a 15% discount for mitigation and considering personal circumstances and deterrence, imposed two years and one month's imprisonment on Kulwant and ten months' home detention plus 300 hours' community work on Jaswinder, the latter transformed to home detention because the reduced custodial sentence fell within the home det…