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Offender Databases Hori Ryder

Hori Kurei Ryder

Alias

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Offences

Latest convictions include 95 burglaries, one of assault, another of injuring with intent, committed in the Wellington and Palmerston North area between mid 2004 and October 2004
An extensive list of past convictions since 1995 including serious violent offences, 43 previous convictions for burglary and five for attempted burglary
Committed his latest offences while out on parole

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

Black Power

Age

Born 1978

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 10 years with a 6 year 8 month non parole period in December 2004
Reduced on appeal to 7 years with just a 4 year non parole period in July 2005

Background
Dominion Post article 4th December 2004
PROLIFIC Wellington burglar Hori Ryder was casing and burgling about two properties a day in a six-week spree that ended with a 10- year jail term -- one of the heaviest sentences handed down to a burglar.

Yesterday in Wellington District Court, Judge Bridget Mackintosh jailed him, then ordered him to serve at least two-thirds of his sentence for what she called one of the worst burglary sprees to come before the court.

Ryder, 26, unemployed, pleaded guilty to 95 burglaries in Wellington and four in Palmerston North, one charge of injuring with intent and one of assault. Ryder, who began offending while in his teens, first appeared in the district court in 1995. Since his first jail term at age 18, he has spent most of his life behind bars. In March, he was freed from his latest jail term of four years for burglary and within days began all over again.

In Palmerston North, he broke into an apartment building, a private home and a church where he took $13,000 worth of electronic gear after kicking in the door. On August 13, he assaulted a man in a supermarket. Aware that police were looking for him, Ryder moved to Wellington, where he began a six-week period of burglary.

Judge Mackintosh said Ryder must have been burgling or casing about two properties a day. He had admitted responsibility for nearly 40 per cent of all burglaries between August and October. She said it was time for the protection of the public to be paramount.

Among the properties he burgled were the central fire station, Wellington Girls' College, The Dominion Post, Economic Development Ministry, Civil Defence, St Mark's Church, Massey University's Wellington campus, Conservation Department, the Electoral Office and Quest Hotel.

He often watched properties then went in as others were leaving for the day. He would kick in doors looking for electronic equipment and cash. Ryder was known as the "tidy burglar" because he often put broken locks into the bin. He also disguised himself as a bicycle courier.

More than $10,000 of damage was done to property and goods worth $79,000 were taken. Defence lawyer Val Nisbet said Ryder owned up to all his offending, even telling police of burglaries he had committed for which he had not been caught. He accepted he was in for a substantial jail term.

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