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Offender Databases Usoalii Aliivaa

Usoalii Aliivaa

Alias

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Offences

Indecently assaulted a 14-year-old Invercargill girl in January 2008
Assaulted a police officer, threatening to kill, intimidation, weapons and cannabis offences between December 2010 and April 2011
Also threatened a man in the course of a robbery in October 2007
Also a number of thefts over this period

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1981

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to six months in October 2008
Sentenced to eleven months in June 2011

Background
Southland Times story here
Southland Times story Thursday 9th October 2008
A 27-yesr-old Samoan man who indecently assaulted a 14-year-old girl in January was sentenced to six months' jail when he appeared in the Invercargill District Court yesterday. Usoalii Aliivaa appeared before Judge Stephen O'Driscoll for sentence on seven charges, including indecent assault, theft, demanding money by threat, and unlawfully interfering with a motor vehicle.The indecent assault, which defence counsel David Slater said involved Aliivaa touching the girl's bottom outside her clothes, occurred on January 9 this year, while the demanding of money, where it was alleged Aliivaa threatened to knee a man in the head, occurred on October 29 last year.

The three thefts occurred between October 30 last year and March 10 this year, and included the theft of $21 cash from Age Concern, the theft of cash and cheques valued at $160 from Auto Radiators, and the theft of a $99 cellphone. Mr Slater said Aliivaa's offending stemmed not from "sinister intent" but from habit and lack of understanding. Judge O'Driscoll said reports showed Aliivaa did not have an intellectual disability but a lack of education. "You need to live within the law and it is not appropriate to go around ... demanding money from people," he said. The many charges, combined with Aliivaa's repeated offending, meant there was no alternative to prison, Judge O'Driscoll said.

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