3 Nov 2017
R v PANI-MARSDEN,NUKU & BRIGGS [2017] NZHC 2696
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2696
- Court
- High Court
For all three defendants the court adopted a 5‑year starting point to reflect overall culpability for the coordinated, premeditated group attack on prison officers; applied uplifts for prior violent prison convictions (Briggs six months, Nuku and Pani‑Marsden three months); applied a 25% discount for guilty pleas (despite lateness); applied small totality reductions where appropriate; resulting end effective sentences on lead counts: Arthur Briggs 3 years 10 months imprisonment, Stead Nuku 3 years 10 months imprisonment, Dickie Pani‑Marsden 3 years 8 months imprisonment, to be served cumulati…