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Armed robbery and assault of four tourists and a Wellington man in three seperate incidents near KatiKari, Rotorua and Tongariro in October 2004
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Shaun Austin
Ben Atkinson
Cameron Ashby
none known
Born 1977
unknown
Sentenced to 10 years with a 5 year minimum non-parole period in February 2005
Reduced to 9 years 9 months with a 4 year 10 month non-parole period on appeal
Background
NZ Herald story here
Court of Appeal judgment here (PDF)