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Offender Databases Wiremu Napia

Wiremu Te Uru Kowhai Napia

Alias

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Offences

Home invasion, assault and attempted sexual violation of a Patea woman in December 1996
Grevious bodily harm, serious assault and sexual violation of another Levin woman in May 2003
Previous history includes assaults on women, assault on a child and contravene protection orders

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1966

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 4 years 6 months in August 1997
Sentenced to preventive detention with a minimum 12 years before parole in November 2004
Appealed this sentence without success in March 2006

Background
From the Daily News 8th August 1997
A WOMAN who woke up to find a masked man in her room suffered a devastating experience, Justice Tompkins said yesterday. The judge sentenced Wiremu Te Uru Kowhai Napia (31), Patea, to four and a half years jail after Napia was convicted of aggravated burglary and assaulting a woman with intent to cause sexual violation. Last December 6, the man appeared at the complainant's bed carrying a knife. He lay on top of her and held the knife to her neck. Her daughter entered the room after which Napia fled. "To undergo the terror of that experience has caused significant emotional disturbance," the judge said.

From the Daily News 17th March 2006
Napia was found guilty by a Palmerston North jury of sexual violation and intentionally causing grievous bodily harm and sentenced to the open-ended term of preventive detention. He has to serve at least 12 years. He pleaded guilty to wounding a woman with intent to injure her. The victim suffered severe internal injuries after being stabbed in the genitals with what a surgeon said was probably a screwdriver. She was also hit on the head, causing a fracture that dented her forehead.

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