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Valentine Albert
Valentine Maher
Assault with a weapon and grevious bodily harm of a Waitara man in October 2006
Also 28 previous convictions including burglary, one of theft, and one of receiving stolen property. There are two convictions for wilful damage and a number of driving related offences.
More relevant are two convictions for assault, one for possessing an offensive
weapon and one for the use of threatening language etc
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none known
Born 1966
Prison
Sentenced to 5 years 3 months in August 2007
Eligible for release on parole August 2008
His sentence end date February 2012
Background
From the Daily News Aug 15, 2007
WAITARA man Valentine Edward Albert was sent to jail yesterday for five years and three months for attacking a man at a party with a slasher.
The 40-year-old, who is also known as Valentine Maher, in the New Plymouth High Court earlier this year admitted a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after the Crown downgraded an attempted murder charge.
He also admitted a charge of assault with a weapon.
The unemployed man attacked Mark Nicholas in October last year after the pair had a confrontation at a party in Waitara.
Albert left the party before Mr Nicholas returned and hid in bushes outside the property
When Mr Nicholas came down the driveway, Albert jumped out and hit him with the slasher in the stomach. Mr Nicholas ran back to the party and waited an hour until he thought Albert had gone. But Albert was still waiting in the bushes and again jumped out, this time striking the victim in the head with the slasher. The attack left Mr Nicholas with a 7cm gash to his head, while he also suffered cuts and bruising to his arm and stomach. Crown prosecutor James Gurnick said the sentence should reflect the premeditation and level of violence involved in the attack. Defence counsel Turitea Bolstad told the court while there was no physical provocation involved from the victim, a high degree of verbal abuse led up to the confrontation.
The court heard Albert had 28 previous convictions, including one for possessing an offensive weapon. Justice Mark Cooper accepted there was some provocation from the victim, but Albert deliberately struck the victim's head. "If he (Mr Nicholas) had not defended himself, you could have been facing a much more serious charge," he said.
