30 Sept 2016
R v SANG-YUM [2016] NZHC 2329
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 2329
- Court
- High Court
Court fixed starting point for Martin at 6 years for causing grievous bodily harm, uplifted by 12 months for other offences (to 7 years), reduced 9 months for personal mitigation to 6 years 3 months, then applied 25% guilty plea discount to arrive at a final total effective sentence of 4 years 8 months; court declined the Crown's proposed separate cumulative 12 months for the assault with a weapon. For Trevor the court fixed a starting point of 2 years 8 months for the assaults, added 4 months for other 14 June offences, imposed a cumulative 3 months for prior theft, allowed 3 months credit f…