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Roger Johnson Reid

Alias

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Offences

Kidnapping and unlawfully presenting a firearm to Labour MP Rick Barker's secretary in December 1998
Also unlawfully possessed the firearm with intent to take Mr Barker hostage

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1947

Current Location

Unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to seven years in February 1999

Background
From the Waikato Times February 27th 1999
A seven-year sentence for the man who held Tukituki MP Rick Barker's secretary hostage for eight hours with a loaded gun is "fair and appropriate", Mr Barker says. Roger Johnson Reid, 52, was sentenced in Napier District Court yesterday on charges of unlawfully presenting a gun at Mr Barker's electorate secretary Jan Woodhall, unlawfully detaining her and unlawfully possessing a pump-action shotgun with the intention to kidnap.

The charges followed an eight-hour armed siege at Mr Barker's Hastings office on December 7. Mr Barker, Labour's junior whip, said that while the sentence might seem harsh, people should consider the ordeal of his secretary. "The only pleasure I get out of this is the sense of relief for Jan that it's now over for her." Reid's lawyer Bill Calver told the court a debt of $85,000 to the Social Welfare Department lay behind the siege. To Reid, Mr Barker had become part of the problem.

From the Waikato Times August 28th 1999
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a jail term by the man who held Tukituki MP Rick Barker's secretary hostage for about nine hours. Roger Johnson Reid, 52, was sentenced to seven years' jail after pleading guilty to charges of kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, possession of a firearm with intent to commit a crime, and presenting a firearm.

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