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Jaron Dodge

Alias

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Offences

Home invasion and assault of two men in Christchurch in July 2005

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

Simon Gillard

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1988

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to three years in April 2006
Since released

Background
From Christchurch Press story April 2006
A violent home invasion apparently provoked by jealousy has put three young men behind bars. Simon Robert Gillard, 22, and Jaron Dodge, 18, were jailed for two years and three months and three years respectively by Christchurch District Court Judge Phil Moran after each admitted charges of burglary and two counts of injuring with intent to injure. A third man involved in the attack on July 28 last year has already been dealt with by the court. The judge said that early on July 28, Gillard, Dodge and two others were driving around Christchurch. Gillard wanted to visit a young woman he knew, and they knocked on the door of her house and were let in by a resident. Gillard went to the woman's bedroom and found her in bed with a man. She declined Gillard's invitation to go out, and Gillard left considerably upset, the judge said. All the occupants of the car were affected by alcohol.

Gillard began kicking a fence outside, told the others the woman was in bed with a man, and the three resolved to go into the house and give the man a hiding. They forced their way in and two male occupants were variously punched, kicked and stomped. "It is a particular aggravating factor of this offending it involved an invasion of these three people's home by force at 4am," the judge said. One victim was in extreme pain and cried for mercy, and he was told to stop crying and called a "bitch". He feared for his life, the judge said. Both accused must have known such serious offences were a potential consequence of their forcing their way in, the judge said. The burglary charge was an aggravating feature. Both victims were injured, in one case suffering a jaw broken in two places.

No mitigating features could be claimed for the offending, and a starting point of four years jail was appropriate. Both offenders were commonly responsible for injuring the two victims, the judge said. Gillard was not proven to have committed any violence, but it was his report that a man was in bed with the woman that led to the others to join in the enterprise. It was a tragedy for Dodge that he got involved at a young age in such serious crime. He was already a father, with another child on the way. His partner deserved his support, but he would not be there to provide it, the judge said. Gillard was a young man of promise, with a job and his own business. The judge said he would take into account Gillard had made an offer of amends, and he was ordered to pay $2000 to each victim, as long as that was acceptable to them

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