Guy Hallwright gets community work for GBH road rage incident
Forsyth Barr analyst Guy Hallwright has been sentenced to 250 hours of community work for recklessly causing grievous bodily harm to Korean motorist Sung Jin Kim.
He must also pay $20,000 in reparations to Mr Kim.
Hallwright was found guilty by an Auckland district court jury in June.
He ran over Mr Kim’s foot after a brief but heated exchange in Mt Eden in September 2010, causing serious injuries.
The charge was reduced during the trial from one of intent to cause grievous bodily harm, which carried a far harsher penalty.
During today’s sentencing, Judge Raoul Neave told Hallwright his driving off after running over Mr Kim was not a case of a “hit and run”.
“When it became apparent you had come into contact with him, you called the police and in every sense seem to have behaved in a responsible fashion,” he said.
“This was a panicked reaction rather than a measured one.”
Hallwright’s Queen’s counsel, Paul Davison, said while Mr Kim was seriously hurt, Hallwright did not intend to injure him.
He was simply trying to get himself and his daughter away from a threatening situation, Mr Davison says.
Hallwright has also been disqualified from driving for 18 months.
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"He must also pay $20,000 in reparations to Mr Kim."
Seems real light. His legal bill for the silk, will be more than double that amount. Mind you, with the offering of the p*ss-weak defence:
"He was simply trying to get himself and his daughter away from a threatening situation," the bill should've been gratis. Because that's "roll your eyes towards the heavens" stuff.
It's really obvious now, if you have money you can escape jail. If he was other than white he would received a few years jail at least.
This person is an up himself ponce who thinks he can do anything he likes to whoever he likes. Hopefully the community service is cleaning Sh..t houses.
I think there is some merit in the community service being service to the listed companies. Guy is a good analyst, and well regarded. Perhaps hiscommunity service should be 12 months of writing free research on all the small listed companies that are ignored by the investment community, and published on a website for all to see. I would look forward to seeing his many talents used in a positive fashion not sweeping streets or reading to resthome residents.
Maybe we should nominate him for a knighthood
"Kim has had eight operations on his legs since the accident and will have more. He claims his work and family life has also suffered and he suffers a life long psychological impact".
Leave this alone. He is a good Guy and deserves some space. Have you ever made a mistake Old Colleague??????
Dignity deserves dignity!
I have made plenty of mistakes but own up to them, he has shown no dignity, should have apologised immediately , pleaded guilty and offered compensation instead he took the high ground , defended it ,blamed others,and was found guilty, wheres the dignity in that?
Agreed - and don't forget him asking the police if they could "deal with this later" because he was rather busy.
Understandably enough he preferred to fit being charged with GBH into his busy schedule at a more convenient time - probably when he had a "window".
Well he certainly failed the 'risk assessment' analysis as such involved his own situation. Brings into question his analytical skills in other areas ? What do you say FB ?
Only community service he will be doing,is down at the golf club,if at all.The judge was pathetic,at least he could have hid his prejudice a bit more,was so obvious.No wonder people have no faith in the "system" and especially judges getting it wrong,so many times.
Hardly likely to be cleaning sh.thouses, more like tidying the shelves at the Vicky Ave branch of the CAB.
Can't help wondering what the sentence would have been if the roles were reversed.
NZ criminal justice is colour blind. If your black you go to jail if your white you get off..
And if you can't spell, you should be shot. 'You're...not your'.
The judge seemed to think a different skin colour would have seen the case have never got to court:
"Indeed I have wondered at some length whether or not if this had been an encounter between two teenage boys on the backstreets of Manukau whether we would be here today."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/7579697/Judge-slams-road-rage-banker-conviction
Absolute disgrace.
$20,000 reparations for causing grievous bodily harm - for a multi-millionaire, that's bugger all! Mr Hallwright will be celebrating big time tonight for sure.
So typical of Pakeha justice - one for pakehas, the other for other races.
It's no wonder that The Maoris rightly not trust the justice system in NZ.
Do you truly believe that? I haven't ever seen it myself in everyday life here in NZ, whereas my brother saw Aborigines in QLD having to buy their liquor from around the back of the pubs through barred external windows.
Personally I think that there is more of a class war type thing going on here as opposed to out and out racism. If you have money you get different treatment and better opportunities.
And which race committed billions of dollars of fraud, ripping off pensioners and the likes, through scams hiding behind finance companies?
Pakehas, of course.
Heaps of wet bus tickets being handed out by judges - including community service for NZ's ex Justice Minister after his involvement in destroying the savings of many pensioners.
This is justice, pakeha style - the richer and well connected pakehas ripping off lesser pakehas
Good one, white judges!
Good to see that racism is by and large alive in New Zealand.
I have to say, that I'm impressed as to NBR's standards of journalistic integrity-and-fairness, in reporting on someone they rely on as a source of their business info.
It can't be easy for NBR; but it is testimony to holding themselves to report on anyone, "without fear or favour".
Judge Really Naive got it wrong.
Its good to be a merchant banker,play golf or whatever with the right people and you can run over whoever you like with immunity,it seems.
Neave,got it really wrong.Maori,pacific islander,white trash they would have been off to do porridge/weetbix.
Seems Neave is not keen on Koreans,who answer back,get their legs almost broken,virtually run over then sides with the driver of the vehicle who decides to come back after doing a runner in regard to his daughters music lesson etc.If this was Queensland or Northern Territories it would be the norm...but Mt Eden Auckland?So.this is the old boy network eh?
There's got to be a bumper sticker in here somewhere.
...........or a Tui ad.
Public confidence and respect for our judges, plumbs new depths in the Sea of Judicial Ineptness. They really are quite hopeless.
Man found money wrongly deposited in bank account, took money and did a runner. Nobody was harmed save the bank.
Man sentenced to 4 years 7 months jail.
Man deliberately used false and misleading information to take millions from thousands of victims, used money recklessly for properly speculation etc and victims lost hundreds of millions. Some victims destitute.
This man gets home detention!
First man is Asian, second man is white trash Pakeha.
Be afraid, New Zealanders, because such justice will revisit future generations of Pakehas in worse ways.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10830580
3 years jail for $18m of fraud.
Yes, the fraudster is a white trash Pakeha.
Typical of our manby pamby judges. Where do we get them from? It is time we cleared the Benches of these one eyed idiots and re-trained the judiciary to treat the law as equal to all, and to bring effective sentences down on those who are members of the old boys club.
Yes, I agree. The criminal justice system in NZ is looking tarnished, but it's part and parcel of our decline into second world status so perhaps we need to get used to it.
This is bullsh*t. Guy Hallwright deserves jail time and Judge Neave needs to find a new day job.
Hallwright gets a few hours community work for 'causing grievous bodily harm with reckless disregard' . You think Sung Jin Kim would have got off that lightly if he had run over Hallwright? Hallright's daughter 'did not believe at the time they had hit Kim'......How does a full grown Asian man disappear under a Saab, you drive over him and break his legs and you don't notice? Remember the case of former district judge Michael Lance, who used a key scratch the VW that was blocking his carpark? apparently he told a witnesss 'I'm a judge. I wouldn't do that and my integrity would outdo that man's' . Case was dismissed. Old boy's network - Only this one could be racist as well??!!!
We should help the victim to appeal and disgrace the judge. Do it, instead of only talking here.
It's sad to see New Zealand judges can still be bought by the rich - Hallwright should have done some jail time. Another arrogant rich person wilfully crushing the poor guy!
Why New Zealand judge does not protect the interests of vulnerable groups？ Now, I am equally disappointed with New Zealand judges and judges of my country...
I hope some decent lawyer will help the victim appeal and get proper justice. The judge does not deserve to be in his position and the sooner he goes the better for the new zealand justice system. People are losing enough faith as it is. His comments in praising the criminal and criticizing the media for bringing us the story is truly laughable. Please, media, do what you can to disgrace this judge further.
Is there any process to reverse this travesty. Apparently the police are not going to appeal the sentence. Where is Garth McVicar when he is needed?
Raoul, I really think somebody close to you needs to suggest that you read the hundreds of posts distributed over multiple forums which universally question your abilities as a judge
There is a world out there, outside your courtroom, and you don't seem to have much real contact with it