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Michael Ross Penny

Alias

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Offences

Robbed a Grey Lynn cafe with a knife, struck and stabbed one of the owners in January 1996
Then committed three burglaries and wounded a police officer in October 1996
Numerous other convictions including a more recent drink driving conviction

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1976

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 7 years in September 1997, was originally just 5 years
Sentenced to 12 months intensive supervision and 2 months community detention in February 2010

Background
EVENING POST, 2nd October 1997
More than two years have been added to the sentence of a young man whom the Court of Appeal described as a "menace to innocent people in their homes". Michael Ross Penny, 21, was sentenced to a total of four years 262 days jail on charges of aggravated robbery, three charges of burglary and three of wounding. The charges came from two incidents. The first, in January 1996 in Grey Lynn, was the robbing of owners of a cafe, including the stabbing of one of them. The second incident, in October, was burglaries and the spraying of a mace-type substance at a police officer who caught Penny.

The Solicitor-General appealed Penny's sentence on the grounds that it was inadequate. Delivering the judgment of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Auckland last week, Justice Robertson said the High Court judge had been merciful in allowing the sentence for the second set of offences to be effectively covered in the sentence imposed for the robbery. Justice Robertson said each set of offences were serious matters by a young man who was a menace to innocent people in their homes, to police, and people going about their lawful business. The judge said the new effective sentence was seven years jail.

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