6 Sept 2016
BURRELL v NZ POLICE [2016] NZHC 2111
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 2111
- Court
- High Court
The High Court allowed the appeal because, applying sentencing principles, a less restrictive sentence (four months community detention with a nightly curfew plus existing community work) was sufficient to achieve denunciation and deterrence given the low personal gain, voluntary cessation, lack of demonstrated actual harm, and significant collateral consequences already suffered; home detention was therefore quashed and substituted.