PHOTO: SUPPLIEDA Wanaka chef jailed for more than a decade for stomping on a man's head dozens of times has had his appeal to the Supreme Court dismissed. Mr Vincent, who was at the store to buy food, was not known to his two attackers. Taylor appealed his convictions and sentence at the Court of Appeal, however, the court dismissed Taylor's claims in March. "The applicant's conviction on the charge of attempted murder explains the apparent disparity in sentencing between himself and his co-offender." "Mr Taylor delivered 23 single-foot stomps to Mr Vincent's head.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 05, 2017 02:48 UTC