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Jim Tana

Alias

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Offences

Assaulted his girlfriend and threatened her with a knife in Hamilton in mid 2006
Assaulted two previous partners within six years
Other convictions for breaching a protection order and drink-driving

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

unknown

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced for two years in October 2006
Released October 2007

Background
From the Waikato Times October 2006
Jim Tana's pushed his girlfriend's head into the car window and held a knife to her side, telling her to "move it", because she drove slowly. The woman was the third Tana had abused in six years. He was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison by Judge Joanna Maze, in Hamilton District Court, having previously admitted assault with a knife, assaulting a female, breaching a protection order and driving with a breath alcohol level of 620mg - 220mg over the legal limit. Judge Maze said she was not surprised the woman did not want to make a victim impact statement. "She feared she would join a long line of statistics of people killed by their partners." Judge Maze referred to a probation report in which Tana tearfully said he loved the woman but got frustrated when she drove slowly.

During their journey Tana punched the dash board and stabbed it with the knife. At one point the woman stopped the car and got out. Tana grabbed her clothes from behind her. "Such was your anger at the time you ripped off the rear vision mirror," Judge Maze said. She outlined Tana's previous convictions, including those on his previous two partners and said his offending gave rise to concerns for "the safety of the public and for women with whom you form relationships." Lawyer Russell Boot said Tana pleaded guilty early, showed remorse and was well regarded by his employer. Judge Maze said past rehabilitative interventions had little effect on Tana but ordered him to attend special programmes. Outside court, Hamilton Women's Refuges service manager Ruahine Albert said it was not unheard of for more than one woman to be abused by the same man. Some of those men changed their name but "they need to be looking at changing their behaviour".

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