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Home invasion, rape of a Napier teenage girl, intentional injury, male assaults female (x2), threatening to kill and possessing an offensive weapon in October 2009
Also raped a 63 year old woman in 1993
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none known
Born 1973
Prison
Sentenced to 14 years with a 8 year minimum non-parole period in May 2011
Unsuccessfully increased by the Crown on appeal in November 2011
Background
NZ Herald story here
and here
The fact Cooper will serve his sentences concurrently and that he is eligible for parole in 8 years is not good enough in our opinion. The Crown had actually sought preventive detention in this case. See Press Release here