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Offender Database Steven Morrison

Steven McQuin Morrison

Alias

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Offences

Beat up his 11 year old son in Rotorua in early 2004
Also has other assault convictions

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1972

Current Location

At large in Kawerau

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 9 months imprisonment in December 2004
Released March 2005

Background
From NZ Herald story
A Rotorua father has been jailed for nine months for a brutal attack on his 11-year-old son.

Steven McQuin Morrison, 32, unemployed, punched the boy after he came home drunk in the early hours of the morning, Rotorua District Court was told yesterday. Morrison went to his son's room and became angry when he found the family's dog on the boy's bed. Morrison pulled his son out of bed by his hair and punched him in the face with such force the boy was thrown back on to the bed.

The punch left a bruise on the boy's face that ran the full length of his cheek and could still be seen two weeks later. The attack took place in front of the boy's eight-year-old sister.

Judge Cecilie Rushton said the man had an "appalling" list of previous convictions, including four previous convictions for assaults on children, dishonesty offences, assaulting a woman and assaulting police. He also had previous convictions relating to alcohol.

AdvertisementAdvertisementMorrison's lawyer Brendan Wall applied for leave to apply for home detention but Judge Rushton refused the request because of Morrison's previous convictions and the seriousness of the assault charge.

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