R v Ali - [2025] NZHC 3536

Sentencing - the offender had pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter - the charge was laid after the brakes on a truck the offender was driving failed and it ran downhill, killing a road construction worker who was working in its path - the offender should not have been driving the vehicle as it had been deemed not roadworthy six years earlier and should not have been on the road - HELD that the aggravating factors in the offending justified a starting point of four years imprisonment - discount of eight months (approximately 15 per cent) to reflect late guilty plea - further discount of seven months (or just over 15 per cent) to reflect remorse, rehabilitative measures the offender had undertaken and an emotional harm reparation payment in the sum of $20,000 the offender had agreed to pay to the victim's family - end sentence of three years imprisonment.