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Cowley Hohaia Harris

Alias

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Offences

Indecent assault of a Hamilton woman in July 1998
Prior conviction for attempted rape in 1994

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1973

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 3 years imprisonment in January 1999
Sentenced to 3 years 6 months - attempted rape - in 1994

Background
From the Waikato Times January 1999
A schizophrenic who indecently assaulted a 31-year-old woman near a central Hamilton bridge in July, was yesterday jailed for three years. Cowley Hohaia Harris, 26, had earlier pleaded guilty in the Hamilton District Court to one charge of indecent assault. The Hamilton sickness beneficiary assaulted the 31-year-old woman as she and her friend, who used a walking stick, headed home from a city night club east across Claudelands Bridge.

Harris, who lived at the Richmond Fellowship centre for schizophrenics, had cycled in to the city after midnight. Crown prosecutor Mark Sturm said Harris cycled past the women and waited for them at a nearby carpark and grabbed the 31-year-old as they went by. Police said Harris told the women he wanted sex, but ran off after assaulting one of them.

Defence counsel Gavin Boot said Harris had been with the Richmond Fellowship for nine months and had been making progress. His client "slipped up" that night. In sentencing Harris, Judge Lynton Laing said protecting the community was paramount: "When a person repeats a sexual type offence, real concern must be expressed. "In 1994, Harris was sentenced to 3 years six months jail for attempted rape.

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