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Offender Databases Poleuia Tia

Poleuia Kofe Tia

Alias

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Offences

Enslavement, rape and assault (x12) of his partner in South Auckland over an unspecified period

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1967

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to fifteen years in May 1998

Background
The Evening Post (Jun 20, 1998),
Name suppression has been lifted on the man convicted of keeping a woman enslaved in a South Auckland house. Poleuia Kofe Tia, a 31- year-old former bus driver and pastor, is serving a 15-year sentence for slavery, rape and 12 counts of assault. The suppression order was lifted in the High Court at Auckland last week. Last month, a jury found Tia guilty of 14 charges. He was sentenced to various jail terms, some concurrent and some cumulative. The highest individual penalties were 10 years each for enslavement and rape.

Sunday Star Times (Jun 21, 1998),
THE NAME suppression of the man convicted of keeping a woman enslaved in a South Auckland house has been lifted by the Auckland High Court. He is Poleuia Kofe Tia (31), a former bus driver and pastor, who is serving a 15-year sentence after being found guilty of 14 charges of slavery and rape. Tia enslaved his partner in South Auckland where her bedroom became her prison cell for 22 hours a day.

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