R v Sowerby - [2025] NZHC 3870

Sentencing for motor manslaughter x 3 (and related charges). Defendant failed to stop at a railway crossing, drove between the barriers and crossed the tracks as the train was upon him. Collision took the lives of three passengers and seriously injured a fourth. Defendant under the influence of methamphetamine and disqualified from driving. Other aggravators too. Starting point of 10 years and eight months. Final sentence of eight years' imprisonment with a minimum period of half.