The High Court has reduced time behind bars for a Northlander who went on a burglary spree targeting commercial and residential premises to feed his drug addiction.
Nathan Solomon and a woman were arrested late last year after Whangārei police found more than 140 stolen items inside a Bream Bay house, including power tools, large indoor and outdoor furniture, whiteware, building supplies, stereos, speakers and TV sets, clothes, sports equipment, kitchen appliances, rings and watches.
He was jailed for three years and five months after pleading guilty to a string of burglary charges, as well as for possessing cannabis for supply and possession of methamphetamine.
Solomon appealed in the High Court, arguing that insufficient discounts were given for personal mitigating features and his guilty pleas.
Police stopped the car he was driving and found a couch at the back which had been stolen from a property in the Bream Bay area.