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Offender Databases Tim Reid

Tim Henare James Junior Reid

Alias

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Offences

Aggravated wounding of a policeman after driving dangerously in a stolen police car while escaping custody in December 2007
Has previous convictions for aggravated wounding, robbery and assault

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1983

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 5 years with 3 years 4 month a non-parole period in May 2008
Eligible for parole March 2011

Background
Taranaki Daily News story 31/05/2008
LIKE a character from Grand Theft Auto, the game he played compulsively, Tim Reid went on a rampage, stole a police car, and left a policeman unconscious and bleeding on the roadside. Yesterday, his lawyer, Chris Nicholls, said Reid was remorseful for what happened to Sergeant Kevin Wellington south of New Plymouth on December 29 last year, but he was a product of his upbringing. He committed violent offences and compulsively played Grand Theft Auto. Mr Nicholls said a video game that showed violence toward police was a public safety consideration, with the game promoting the behaviour.

Tim Henare James Junior Reid (25), of Mt Victoria, Wellington, pleaded guilty to aggravated wounding, escaping custody, reckless driving, dangerous driving, unlawfully taking a motor vehicle and two charges of failing to stop, breach of supervision orders and being an unlicensed driver. Reid had met his co-offender in the cells at Lower Hutt District Court. When they were both bailed, they began a road trip to New Plymouth. Mr Wellington clocked their car doing 143km/h and gave chase, but Reid kept going until he crashed. Reid ran off but returned as Mr Wellington tried to talk to the co- offender. Reid pushed the sergeant to the ground and began hitting him. As Reid was getting into the patrol car, his co-offender came up behind Mr Wellington and knocked him out. The sergeant was hit several more times while he was on the ground.

Reid and the other man then sped off in the patrol car and, after another chase, they ran through a roadblock. Even with tyres blown by road spikes, they kept going until the tyres peeled off the rims. Both were arrested when the car finally stopped. Wellington District Court judge Denys Barry jailed Reid for five years and ordered him to complete a minimum non-parole period lasting two- thirds of the sentence. He also disqualified him from driving for two years. The judge said the police sergeant's resilience and courage was in stark contrast to the cowardice of Reid's actions. Mr Wellington had healed and gone back to work, but found he could no longer patrol by himself. Reid has previous convictions for aggravated wounding, robbery and assault

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