10 Sept 2021
MAID v R [2021] NZCA 456
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 456
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the jury verdict was not unreasonable: the cumulative circumstantial evidence permitted an inference that the appellant intentionally took an imitation IED through the security enhanced area. The trial judge's directions and question trail were adequate and did not cause a miscarriage of justice. However the District Court judge erred in sentencing by conflating the criminal element (transit through the SEA) with broader non‑criminal conduct and consequences; the starting point adopted was manifestly excessive and the appropriate substituted sentence is 17 months' imprisonment,…