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Offender Databases Emelysifa Jessop

Emelysifa Jessop

Alias

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Offences

Aggravated robbery and assault of an 87 year old pensioner in Otahuhu in June 1998

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

Peleni Atamaree Mataiaga

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1984

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Was sentenced to 4 years 8 months in December 1999
Has since been released

Background
NZ Herald story here
A young woman jailed for aggravated robbery at the age of 14 has had her application for leave to appeal dismissed by the Supreme Court. Emelysifa Jessop had earlier had an appeal against her conviction and sentence dismissed by the Court of Appeal and sought to have that decision overturned.

Jessop was jailed for four years after being found guilty by a High Court jury in 1999. Jessop was convicted of robbing an 87-year-old partially blind man at his pensioner flat in Otahuhu, Auckland, on June 2, 1998. Jessop and the victim knew each other. She punched him and beat him over the head with his walking stick before taking about $70 cash.

Supreme Court decisions here and here (pdf)

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