AC/DC's ex drummer Phil Rudd loses appeal

WELLINGTON: -- Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has lost an appeal against his home detention sentence, SunLive reported.

Rudd appealed to the High Court after being sentenced to eight months' home detention on charges of threatening to kill as well as possession of methamphetamine and cannabis.

He was sentenced in Tauranga District Court on July 9 and also ordered to pay $120,000 reparation.

Rudd believed he should have been discharged without conviction and appealed against his sentence on the basis that it was manifestly excessive.

However, in a High Court judgment released today, Justice Raynor Asher dismissed the appeal.

He said he had to decide whether the consequences of a conviction were out of all proportion to the gravity of the offence.

"In my view they are not," Justice Asher said.

Full story: http://www.stuff.co.nz/72746137/ACDCs-ex-drummer-Phil-Rudd-loses-appeal

-- Stuff 2015-10-06

... appealed against his sentence on the basis that it was manifestly excessive.

"Even with the convictions, Mr Rudd may practice as a musician in session work and in concerts in New Zealand and in other countries."

So, he gets to stay at home, attend practice sessions whenever he wants and can travel abroad for concerts. Golly that is harsh.

He is paying for drug possession and a hissy fit, sounds a bit lenient to me.

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