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R v Moss & Cuckow (30 August 1991) HC, Gisborne, S.4/91; S.5/91, Temm J

Name: R v Moss & Cuckow
File number: S.4/91; S.5/91
Date: 30 August 1991
Court: High Court
Location: Gisborne
Judge: Temm J
Charge: Arson
CYPFA:
Key Title: Sentencing in the adult Courts - Arson

Summary: M (15) and C (15) deliberately burned down a school; guilty pleas; principles in sections 5, 6 and 208; effect on victims and the desirability of keeping young people out of adult prisons considered.

Decision: Two years imprisonment .

(For appeal against sentence see R v Cuckow [1992] BCL 308; 15 TCL 1/10 (CA)).