Shailer v R - [2017] 2 NZLR 629

Criminal law — Sentencing — Appeal against sentence — Manslaughter — Ill-treatment of child — Two offenders — Whether sentences manifestly excessive — Whether offending within most serious cases of manslaughter — Life imprisonment — Level of culpability — Whether starting point should have been reduced to reflect diminished culpability — Mental health disorders — Second offender’s participation in offending — Early guilty pleas — Discounts — Minimum term of imprisonment — Sentencing Act 2002, ss 7, 7(a), 7(b), 7(e), 7(g), 7(h), 8, 8(c), 8(d), 8(h), 9(2)(e), 9A, 86, 102, 104.