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Offender Databases Ngarita Kettle-Mangan

Ngarita Kettle-Mangan

Alias

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Offences

Aggravated robbery and theft from two teenage girls in Christchurch in November 2006
Extensive history of violent offending including a previous aggravated robbery, and four assaults, one with a weapon

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1989

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to two years in April 2007
Application for home detention scheduled June 2007

Background
Christchurch Press story 23/04/2007
A young woman with a record of violence in the youth jurisdiction has found herself behind bars after admitting robbing two teenage girls. Ngarita Kettle-Mangan, 18, who admitted two counts of aggravated robbery and one of theft in the Christchurch District Court, was jailed for two years with leave to apply for home detention by Judge Stephen Erber. The judge said Kettle-Mangan was prone to violence, indicated by previous matters in the Youth Court, which included aggravated robbery, assault with a weapon and three of assault. "This is the sort of thing of which there is a great deal going on," the judge noted. In this case Kettle-Mangan committed two street robberies close together on November 15. She and an associate accosted two young girls in central Christchurch. One refused to hand over anything and was punched in the face, and cigarettes and a cellphone were taken from the other.

Kettle-Mangan was found nearby by police in a car driven by her friend. The first victim felt badly frightened and had received a black eye, and the second felt she had to comply or would be attacked, the judge said. Lawyer Leuatea Iosefa said Kettle-Mangan was living rough on the streets of Christchurch. Her problems were compounded by difficulty getting identity documents, but she recently obtained a birth certificate and could now access assistance. She had no effective family help to call on. She was remorseful, and had already served three months in custody, Iosefa said. Prosecutor Zannah Johnston said it was not lower-end, there were two victims, who were both vulnerable but accepted they were about the same age as Kettle-Mangan. The judge said he recognised she had a difficult time, in effect having been abandoned by her parents, but it was the sort of offending where jail was the only way adequately to mark principles of denunciation and deterrence.

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