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Tommy Nikau

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Offences

Aggravated robbery of a bakery in Otara, Auckland in 1999/2000
Escaped from Mt Eden Prison along with Travis Burns in April 2000

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

Travis Burns

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1974

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to six years in May 2000

Background
NZ Herald story here
From Waikato Times story 26th May 2000
A man whose escape from Auckland 's Mt Eden Prison sparked a major manhunt will pay for his five days of freedom with an extra year on his jail sentence. Tommy Nikau, 26, and another prisoner escaped on April 28. Nikau had been remanded in custody after pleading guilty to the armed holdup of an Otara, South Auckland , bakery and had escaped in a bid to attend his son's fourth birthday. Yesterday in Auckland District Court Nikau was sentenced to five years' jail for the hold- up and a year for escaping.

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