R v Lama - [2025] NZHC 2059

Date of Judgment

30 July 2025

Decision

R v Lama (PDF 272 KB)

Summary

Sentencing of six defendants following guilty pleas. Defendants involved in kidnapping, torture and filming of victim over approximately 20 hours.

Sentences ranged from nine and a half years' imprisonment with a minimum period of 50 percent to 12 months' home detention for the youngest defendant with the least role.