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Offender Database Tom Priest

Tom James Priest

Alias

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Offences

Aggravated robbery of a service station in Hawera in January 2002.
Also involved in other serious violent offending, and a ramraid.
Committed a string of other offences including burglary and car theft after being released

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

Bevan Pakau

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1986

Current Location

Unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to two years six months prison in March 2002
Sentenced to two years five months prison in October 2004
Paroled early 2007, breached his conditions shortly after
Sentenced to fourteen months in April 2007

Background
With such a short sentence, it will be no surprise to see this name appear again in the near future.
NZ Herald story here
From the Daily News January 2002
ONE of two young males charged with the aggravated robbery of a Normanby service station last Thursday admitted his part in the offence when he appeared in the New Plymouth District Court yesterday. Unemployed Hawera man Bevan Pakau (20) admitted robbing Robin Campbell of $1112 worth of cigarettes and cash at Normanby, the burglary of Eltham's Taranaki Farmers store and unlawfully taking a Corolla from Hawera -- all on January 10. Judge Christopher Harding remanded Pakau in custody to January 31 for a probation report and sentence.

Police prosecutor Detective Sergeant Dave MacKenzie said Pakau and a 15-year-old boy, who appeared in the city youth court last Friday, stole the Toyota vehicle from Disraeli St, Hawera, in the early hours of Thursday. They then drove to Eltham where they rammed the car through the doors of the Taranaki Farmers building and stole about $5000 of chemicals and herbicides. They drove back to Hawera and unloaded the stolen property at a rural address, before driving to Normanby about 6.45am. There they disguised themselves with hoods over their heads and, wearing towelling around their faces, confronted sole Beccard Motors staff member Mr Campbell with a tomahawk, before stealing the cigarettes and cash. They then drove through some metal gates at King Edward Park in Hawera and abandoned the vehicle.

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