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Offender Databases Nicholas Cassin

Nicholas Travis Raureti Cassin

Alias

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Offences

Unprovoked assault on a taxi driver and unlawfully taking his car in Te Awamutu in September 2006

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1988

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 15 months in March 2007
Was also ordered to pay more than $2000 in reparation
Released statutorily October 2007

Background
From Waikato Times story March 2007
A Te Awamutu man who assaulted a taxi driver and stole his car can apply for home detention because he was mentally unstable at the time. Nicholas Travis Raureti Cassin, 19, pleaded guilty and was remanded on bail last month for punching a 55-year-old taxi driver repeatedly in the head before driving away in the car on September 20. A psychiatric report presented in the Hamilton District Court yesterday said Cassin was not mentally stable on the day of the crime. The taxi driver was traumatised and unable to return to work, the court heard. Earlier that day Cassin hit a parked car in Te Awamutu, and then drove off a bank.

He was arrested, but lost consciousness in police cells and was taken to hospital. He later discharged himself. He called a taxi from a friend's house, asking the driver to stop at an ATM before going to another address. The court was told the taxi driver said Cassin was polite and calm, but when he questioned why his directions had them driving in circles, Cassin hit him in the head. The driver escaped and Cassin drove to a family member's home, and was arrested when they called the police. Judge Joanna Maze sentenced Cassin to 15 months in prison but because of his age and mental health issues, granted him leave to apply for home detention. He was ordered to pay more than $2000 in reparation.

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