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Offender Databases Richard Tipuia

Richard Rongo Tipuia

Alias

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Offences

Attempted murder of a 13 year old Mangere boy in November 2004
Previous convictions include male assaults female, breaches of a protection order and community work, breach of bail, threatening to kill and dishonesty offences since 2000

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1980

Current Location

Unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 9 years 6 months with a 5 year non-parole period in March 2005

Background
The Auckland High Court was told Tipuia had argued with the victim, then decided to seek revenge by Tipuia and his mates luring him to a spot under the south-western motorway where they blindfolded the victim who thought he would go drinking and playing games with them. The group viciously beat the victim, threw rocks at him causing him to lose conscious before Tipuia got a knife and twice silt the boy's throat. The boy fortunately managed to get to the road and was hospitalized. Justice Frater fixed a starting point of 12-13 years but reduced it due to Tipuia's early guilty plea and co-operation with police.

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