17 Aug 2021
R v LINDSAY [2021] NZHC 2160
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2160
- Court
- High Court
Starting point fixed at 24 months' imprisonment based on aggravating features (breach of trust, skin-to-skin genital contact, multiple victims, age disparity, harm); applied discounts totalling 45% (15% reintegration/good character, 5% remorse, 25% guilty plea) reducing to an effective term of 13 months, then converted to concurrent home detention terms of six months and two weeks due to low risk of reoffending, defendant's rehabilitation and community functioning; declined to place name on Child Sex Offenders Register because statutory s 9(3) factors indicated low ongoing risk; made suppress…