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Graham Ashcroft
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Sex offences on several young girls in the Maraekakaho, Hawkes Bay area in 1988 and 1998
Also aggravated assault, injuring a police dog, possessing a weapon, resisting police, being unlawfully in a building and breaching bail in June 2006
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none known
Born 1952
Prison
Sentenced for two years six months in September 2006
Also has been ordered to pay $6214 reparation
Sentenced to preventive detention with a minimum of 5 years before parole in June 2007
Eligible for possible release from June 2013
Background
Scoop story here
"Convicted paedophile Graham Lesley Ashcroft, who recently stabbed a police dog in Central Hawke’s Bay, was facing a further seven charges of committing sex offences on young girls when he received bail"
From the Dominion Post September 2006
The "frenzied" fugitive who stabbed police dog Edge has been jailed for 2˝ years - and must pay more than $6000 for the rescue helicopter ride he and the dog needed for their injuries. Judge Anne Gaskell said the knife attack by Graham Leslie Ashcroft was "as close to the most serious offending of this type". Ashcroft, 54, appeared in Napier District Court for sentencing yesterday on charges of aggravated assault, injuring a police dog, possessing a weapon, resisting police and being unlawfully in a building. "You stabbed the dog in the chest and you then pulled the knife out of the dog and stabbed the dog a second time," Judge Gaskell said.
"You then made frenzied attempts to stab both the constable and the dog. I think you were most fortunate the constable was able to defend himself - otherwise you would be facing more serious charges." Edge's dog handler, Senior Constable Dave Whyte said the stabbing had left him questioning the value of his job against the interests of his family - after his son asked who would be his father if he had been killed. Prosecutor Russell Collins said the community expected police officers to act fairly and fearlessly in their duties. "(Ashcroft) has assaulted a police officer and nearly brought about the death of that police dog while they tried to save his life. "The courts must meet such offending with a stern response."
Judge Gaskell jailed Ashcroft for six months less than the maximum three-year sentence on the charges and ordered him to pay $6214 reparation toward costs for his and Edge's treatment and rescue helicopter flights. Ashcroft, a pig farmer, had been on the run from police after breaching bail when he was cornered in the Maraekakaho area, 40 kilometres from Hastings on June 6. Mr Whyte and Edge tracked Ashcroft to a pine plantation where he was sitting with a knife held to his throat. He suddenly stood and stabbed himself in the stomach and chest, saying "I want to die". Mr Whyte attempted to kick the knife out of his hand but missed and ordered Edge to intervene. Ashcroft stabbed the dog twice in the chest before he was subdued by Mr Whyte. Edge was flown to Massey University's veterinary hospital where he needed life-saving surgery, including blood transfusions from a greyhound.
