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Offender Databases Moana Herewini

Moana Warren Herewini

Alias

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Offences

Manslaughter by reckless driving causing injury and driving with excess blood alcohol in Cambridge in July 2007
Home invasion and Grievous Bodily Harm of a 59 year old woman in February 1997
Numerous other convictions for burglary, drink driving, breaching community work, failing to answer bail or attend court, escaping police custody, interfering and unlawful taking of motor vehicles, dishonesty or damaging property etc

Victims

Kyle Douglas

Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1982

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 7 and a half years with a 3 year 9 month non-parole period in May 2009

Background
Youth Court Decision here
Waikato Times, Thursday, May 28th 2009
As Moana Herewini drove drunk, fast and dangerously in a car he knew had faulty brakes, his two mates urged him to let them out. Instead, the 27-year-old continued to speed along Racecourse Rd, north of Cambridge, before losing control at an intersection and crashing into a tree. Herewini's "best mate" Kyle Douglas, 20, suffered massive head injuries in the crash and died four days later on July 31, 2007. His second passenger suffered serious injuries, including a broken leg and arm.

Herewini has been sentenced at the High Court in Hamilton to 7 years six months jail after pleading guilty to manslaughter, reckless driving causing injury and driving with excess blood alcohol. Justice Andrews also imposed a non-parole period of three years and nine months. After the crash, Herewini was taken to Waikato Hospital and gave a reading of 89 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80mg. It was estimated that at the time of the crash his level would have been between 125155mg.

Herewini initially denied being the driver, telling police the vehicle was driven by a hitch-hiking Black Power member who ran off after the crash. However, he later told police he had been drinking and smoking cannabis before getting behind the wheel and knew the car's brakes were faulty. In a pre-sentence report, Herewini said he was so drunk he couldn't remember the crash. He was assessed at being at high risk of reoffending. Justice Andrews said she agreed with Crown prosecutor Jacinda Foster's submission that "the only thing that was going to make you stop that night was the crash that eventually did stop you, killed your friend and seriously injured your other friend." The judge disqualified Herewini from driving for four years upon his release from prison.

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