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Offender Database Matthew Thompson

Matthew Solomon Thompson

Alias

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Offences

Armed robberies of three banks in 1995.
Also pointed a loaded rifle at a policeman, and at a pregnant woman during a bank raid in Wanganui.
Involved in a prison escape in 1998.
Numerous other convictions

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

Arthur Taylor
Graeme Burton
Neil Swain
Darren Crowley during the prison escape in 1998

Gang affiliations

Nomads

Age

Born 1975

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 11 years in 1995, additional three year sentence in 1998.
Released June 2005

Background
NZ Herald story here
Wanganui Police Senior Sergeant Mike Keaney described as "a professional criminal at a very young age.. he was totally obsessed with doing wrong".
From a 1998 Dominion news story
Matthew Soloman Thompson, 21, was sentenced in 1995 to 11 years for a string of armed robberies and for pointing a rifle at a policeman.

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