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Mark William Service

Alias

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Offences

Wounded an Invercargill man with intent to injure him and assaulted his son with intent to injure him in February 2007

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

Daniel Service

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1989

Current Location

On home detention

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 12 months home detention and ordered to pay $2000 reparation in April 2008

Background
From the Southland Times May 2008
ONE of two brothers involved in a vicious attack against an Invercargill father last year has been sentenced to seven years' jail for his role in the incident. Daniel Raymond Service, 23, was sentenced to seven years' jail with a non-parole period of four years by Judge Kevin Phillips. His brother Mark William Service, 18, was sentenced to 12 months' home detention and ordered to pay $2000 emotional harm reparation.

The sentencing came after a jury found Daniel Service guilty in February of wounding Richard Tattersfield with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and intentionally damaging five glass windows, the property of Mr Tattersfield. The jury also found Mark Service guilty of wounding Mr Tattersfield with intent to injure and assaulting Mr Tattersfield's son Benjamin with intent to injure. The charges arose after the brothers gatecrashed a party at the Tattersfield's house on February 24 last year.

The jury at the pair's trial was told Daniel Service had hit Mr Tattersfield over the head with a spirit level so hard it cut through to the bone, and in a separate incident, Mark Service hit Benjamin Tattersfield with a chair. When sentencing, Judge Phillips labelled the attack as vicious. "It clearly was calculated and a vicious attack," he said when sentencing Daniel Service. He also said Mark Service avoided jail by "the merest of whiskers" . "You did not swing the weapon but you were clearly assisting by your presence and your threatening behaviour," he said.

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