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Offender Databases Shiloh Hemara

Shiloh Ike Hemara

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Offences

Stabbed her ex-boyfriend and his 14 year old lover also grievously assaulted her in New Plymouth in May 2009

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1976

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 6 years 6 months in July 2010

Background
Taranaki Daily News story July 27th 2010
"What about her baby?" screamed the mother of a woman jailed yesterday for more than six years for stabbing her former boyfriend and his 14-year-old lover. "What about the children? Nobody thinks about the children," the mother yelled, swearing loudly at the judge as she stormed out of the New Plymouth District Court, the youngest of her daughter's five children in her arms. Beneficiary Shiloh Ike Hemara, 34, had just been sentenced to six and a half years' jail.

A jury found her guilty at trial two months ago of wounding the 14-year-old girl with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary, injuring her with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and of assaulting her with weapons - a heater and a piggy bank - at the girl's Omata Rd home a year ago. Hemara had, at an earlier date, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause her former partner grievous bodily harm on Omata Rd minutes before. Hemara had been remanded in custody since her arrest in May last year.

The court heard that on May 2 last year, Hemara and her partner had been on an all-day bender at different houses around New Plymouth from early in the morning. When they went back to her home on Bank St they argued about his relationship with the 14-year-old. He left and told her he wanted nothing more to do with her and her unborn child. She stabbed him in the back with a 12cm steak knife, causing a 25mm laceration. Hemara then went to the girl's home, barged in and started a prolonged attack on the girl in her bedroom.

Hemara stabbed the girl through her right bicep with the steak knife while screaming "I'll have to kill my baby because of you." In a frenzy of rage, Hemara pulled the girl off the bed by her hair and hit her across the head with a heater several times then busted a piggy bank over her before calmly walking out. The girl lost consciousness several times. Her two victims ended up together in the Taranaki Base Hospital emergency department. The girl had a 60mm open wound on one side of her bicep and a 15mm exit wound.

At trial, the girl said Hemara had been aiming for her heart not her arm and she could have died. She and the other victim were no longer in a relationship. Yesterday, Judge Gordon Whiting said the attack on the girl could only be called a rampage of violence over 15 to 20 minutes which bordered on the extreme. Hemara's victim was only a girl and the offence involved home invasion. "I accept there was no life- threatening injury but that was probably more by good luck than good management."

Hemara's five children living with her were aged four to 10 years, the judge said. He acknowledged she had "a rather unfortunate upbringing". She had been imprisoned once before for a serious offence. The probation officer believed she had no insight into the effect on her young victim who was undergoing counselling. The judge remitted Hemara's outstanding fines totalling $7554, to allow her a clean slate when she left prison, asking her to make the most of courses in prison. "You are still young and still have the possibility of making something of your life."

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