Photo: RNZ / Alexander RobertsonA failed bid to put a teenage rapist Jayden Meyer behind bars has sparked a fresh wave of criticism. The Crown belatedly appealed Meyer's sentence of nine months home detention after initially agreeing it was the right one that took a rehabilitative approach. Though Justice Fitzgerald made a point of staying this was by no means a precedent, it was not a good message for victims, Parlane said. As a result, Meyer had already served a third of his sentence at the time the appeal was heard, and had engaged in rehabilitative processes. Parlane said the sentence appeal may well have had a "completely different outcome" if it had just been filed on time, because Meyer would have served less of his sentence at that stage.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 19, 2022 22:24 UTC