R v Coburn - [2024] NZHC 1769

Date of Judgment

27 June 2024

Decision

R v Coburn (PDF 226 KB)

Summary

Sentencing on a charge of manslaughter following a jury trial.
Starting point of eight years, four months' imprisonment adopted. Reductions of 15 per cent combined for remorse and s 27 factors, and 15 per cent for offer to plead to manslaughter prior to trial.
End sentence of five years, 10 months imprisonment imposed with a minimum period of imprisonment of three years.