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New Zealand Case Law

Threatening act

  • 16 Nov 2021

    R v BECKETT [2021] NZHC 3118

    Citation
    [2021] NZHC 3118
    Court
    High Court

    Court held starting point for strangulation at 30 months (2 years 6 months), added nine months uplift for the related prolonged May offending and six months uplift for the April threatening-to-do-GBH matter producing a 45-month combined starting point; added three months for offending while on bail; then reduced the sentence for personal mitigation (20%), deducted three months for seven months on EM bail, allowed 10% for late guilty plea and one month for remorse, resulting in a final custodial sentence of 29 months' imprisonment as the appropriate, proportionate and least restrictive sentenc…

  • 4 Jun 2020

    R v NIELSEN [2020] NZHC 1222

    Citation
    [2020] NZHC 1222
    Court
    High Court

    Court adopted a starting point of 10 months imprisonment to reflect aggravating features, applied a one month uplift because the offending occurred while on bail (resulting in 11 months), then applied deductions totalling nine months (five months for time on EM bail and custody, one month for personal background in the s27 report, and three months for guilty plea) and, having regard to the delay and overall circumstances, imposed non‑custodial dispositions of six months supervision and 80 hours community work on each charge.