Sentencing — burglary — meth — utensils — Arahanga v R [2012] NZCA 480. The defendant appeared for sentence having pleaded guilty to 10 charges of burglary and a charge of being in possession of utensils for the purposes of consuming methamphetamine. The defendant burgled several residential properties, some multiple times, and a golf club. He stole cash, jewelry and alcohol and, on occasions, staged the victim's home with violent and sexually provocative scenes. The defendant also left DNA evidence at the golf club where he stole alcohol. The Judge adopted a starting point of four and a half years' imprisonment but granted the defendant a reduction of six months for his personal mitigating factors, as well as a further 25 per cent for his guilty plea. The end sentence was three years' imprisonment and an order for destruction of the utensils. Judgment Date: 12 February 2019.