28 Sept 2020
MAHANGA v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2020] NZHC 2532
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2532
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the trial judge did not err: on the evidence it was properly open to find the appellant came into possession on the day of the theft, the short interval and the nature of the moped justified the inference (by analogy to recent possession) that it had been intact when received and subsequently stripped by the appellant, and therefore the Crown proved the moped's value exceeded $1,000 at the time of receipt; there was no miscarriage of justice and the appeal was dismissed.