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Offender Databases Judith-Ann Mattson-Rand

Judith-Ann Mattson-Rand

Alias

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Offences

Wounded her husband with intent to cause grievous bodily harm at Paraparaumu in April 2006

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1961

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 4 years 3 months with parole eligibility after 17.5 months in August 2006

Background
Dominion Post story August 2006
A woman stabbed her sleeping husband with a kitchen knife during the final days of their marriage, saying: "You're never going to divorce me." Judith-Ann Mattson-Rand was jailed for four years and three months by the High Court in Wellington yesterday, for what Justice Ron Young called a callous and cowardly attack. Mattson-Rand, 45, a Paraparaumu analyst, had pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to Mervyn Rand. The charge had been reduced from attempted murder. Justice Young said the couple had been married for 14 years and had two children between them. In the past few years their marriage had problems and they had tried a separation. In April last year Mattson-Rand had begun to think of moving to Australia.

On April 10, after the couple had finished entertaining guests at their home, Mr Rand removed his wedding ring. He later went to bed. Mattson-Rand continued drinking and about 11pm she took a 30-centimetre kitchen knife, went into the bedroom, rolled her husband over and "raised the knife up and thrust it downward into his chest, saying, 'You're never going to divorce me.' " The tip of the knife hit bone and did not penetrate further, leaving Mr Rand with a 1.5cm cut that proved not to be serious. The judge said Mattson-Rand had consumed beer, bourbon and pills before the attack. He did not accept that she was remorseful because she continued to blame her husband and was the aggressor. Defence lawyer Mike Antunovic said his client knew there had been potential for much more serious consequences. She had been desperately unhappy and alcohol and party pills had made her less inhibited. She knew the only thing she could do was apologise.

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