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Offender Databases Corey Campbell

Corey Ray Campbell

Alias

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Offences

The aggravated robbery of Mong Kok Takeaways in Invercargill in October 2002,
also the aggravated wounding of two Invercargill prison officers
and the aggravated assault of a prison officer, possession an offensive weapon and attempting to escape from prison, all in December 2002,

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1983

Current Location

Paremoremo prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 12 years in January 2003, a 5 year minimum non-parole period was imposed
Unsuccessfully appealed this sentence in October 2006

Background
The Southland Times, Jan 25, 2003
A LARGE number of off-duty prison officers, including two of those injured during Corey Ray Campbell's escape attempt, gathered in the public gallery to see him sentenced yesterday.

Judge Phil Moran ordered four and a half years' jail for Campbell's aggravated robbery of Mong Kok Takeaways in Invercargill on October 30 last year and seven and a half years for the aggravated wounding of an Invercargill prison officer on December 8. The sentences are to be served cumulatively with a non-parole period of five years.

Campbell was also sentenced to five years for the aggravated wounding of another prison officer, two years for the aggravated assault of a prison officer, 18 months for possessing an offensive weapon and two years for attempting to escape from prison, to be served concurrently. Campbell's co-offender in the aggravated robbery, Phillip Russell Newport, 18, of Invercargill, was sentenced to three years' jail.

He was also disqualified for six months for driving while disqualified on December 8 and sentenced to four months' jail (concurrent) for burglary at Colac Bay on August 29. As getaway car driver Newport never entered the shop and his defence counsel Bill Dawkins said he did not want to do the robbery. "He (Campbell) just kept nagging and nagging about it," Mr Dawkins said. Newport was hoping the shop would be full or closed so the robbery would not happen, he said. "I just ask you to distinguish this man's involvement heavily from the previous one."

When sentencing Campbell on the charges related to the attempted prison escape, Judge Moran said the outcome could have been far more serious. "The potential for a homicide here was high," he said. Campbell manufactured a weapon from a plastic knife and held it to the throat of a female prison officer. He also stabbed a male prison officer and assaulted another before being over-powered.

"It's appropriate that, on behalf of the community, I commend those three officers for their bravery in ensuring an armed offender did not escape," Judge Moran said. The robbery victims still lived in fear, especially the female victim who was stuck by Campbell during the incident, he said.

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