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Offender Database Michael Kahotea

Michael Steven Kahotea

Alias

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Offences

Kicked his partner in the head, causing her to lose an eye in December 2000

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1966

Current Location

Currently at large Greerton, Tauranga

Parole/Release Dates

Paroled June 2002

Background
This from a Stuff article
"A man sentenced to two years in prison for kicking his partner so violently that she lost an eye has been granted leave to apply for home detention. But Michael Steven Kahotea, who has one previous conviction for assaulting the same woman, was not habitually violent, said the sentencing judge. The case has appalled Women's Refuge chief executive Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, who said it was "gutless sentencing" and the judiciary was out of touch in dealing with domestic violence offenders.

"It is a put-down to the women who do expect the sentence to reflect the crime." Home detention criteria specify offenders can apply if they are sentenced to two years or less for driving, drug and property-related offences and fraud. A Corrections Department spokesman said home detention was not for serious violent offenders.

Kahotea, 34, was found guilty of maiming his partner, Charmaine Patea with reckless disregard for her safety after he kicked her in the head with a steel-capped boot. Despite having one artificial eye and difficulties in finding work as a result, Patea has said she still loves her attacker and wants him back."

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