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Offender Databases Walter Fitikefu

Walter Ngongo Kilitoto Fitikefu

Alias

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Offences

Aggravated robbery of a bank in Auckland in September 2010
Also had 7 previous aggravated robberies and numerous theft convictions in Australia

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1981

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 4 years 6 months with a 2 year 8 month non-parole period in July 2011

Background
From Auckland Now story 6th July 2011
A man who robbed an Auckland bank had been deported from Australia where he had committed seven aggravated robberies. Walter Fitikefu, 30, was yesterday sentenced at the High Court in Auckland to four years, six months in jail for the aggravated robbery on September 21 last year. The Auckland bank cannot be named because Fitikefu's co-accused may still face trial. The case was referred to the High Court as the Crown was applying for an open-ended preventive detention sentence.

Justice Venning declined the request but said it was only by "the narrowest margin". Fitikefu had lived in Australia since he was 15 and had a regular history of theft and aggravated robberies there. He was deported back to New Zealand about five years ago and re-offended in Christchurch. Fitikefu was given home detention and was still on release conditions when he robbed the bank. One of the bank customers, an 18-year-old student, told the court yesterday how she got down on the floor when a man jumped the counter, over the protective wire, and started screaming at staff to fill bags with money.

''I was so scared, I was praying for my life,'' she said. The girl said she was traumatised to the point where "even common things" scared her and she had had to see a counsellor. Justice Venning said Fitikefu was "a recidivist offender" who showed "a propensity for offending of this type". Psychological reports said he was a medium to high risk of reoffending.

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