Man who brutally attacked partner and left her to die avoids life imprisonment without parole
A man who brutally attacked his partner before leaving her to die on their garage floor has avoided life imprisonment without parole despite being issued his third strike
22 May 2018
Twenty-six year old Dylyn Davis has instead been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years for the murder of Aroha Kerehoma.
Davis bashed and choked his 28-year-old girlfriend at their Dominion Rd home in Hamilton in February.
He then left her for more than 12 hours while he bragged to an acquaintance about how she had the assault coming.
High Court Judge, Paul Davison ruled a life sentence without parole was manifestly unjust.
He took into account a number of factors including comparable cases where the cruelty, callousness and brutality was higher and the offender's age younger.
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