Published 16 May 2019
Sentencing — aggravated robbery — R v Mako [2000] 2 NZLR 170 — R v Taueki [2005] 3 NZLR 372. The defendant pleaded guilty to one charge of aggravated robbery. He had entered a liquor store wearing knuckle dusters, punched the store operator to the head four times, and stole bottles of alcohol worth $164. Aggravating features of the offending included planning and premeditation, use of violence, targeting of a small business, offending while on bail, and previous convictions. The Court set a start point for sentence of five years, reduced by 25 percent for guilty plea, resulting in a sentence of three years and nine months. The Court also issued the defendant with a three-strike warning. Judgment Date: 14 March 2018.
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