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Tyson Arlen Randell

Alias

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Offences

Aggravated robbery, aggravated assault and assault of three Hamilton men in March, April and August 2007

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1989

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to just two years six months in November 2007
Due for a parole hearing April 2009
Sentence expires February 2010

Background
Waikato Times story 15th November 2007
The parents of Tyson Arlen Randell sat in the back of the Hamilton District Court, as their 18-year-old son was jailed for 2 years six months for a string of violent assaults and robberies. But Judge Robert Wolff said part of Randell's downfall was putting his friends ahead of his family.

"You put more store on your companions than on the love of your family, and it is your family here that is suffering with you, not the others with who you offended," he said. Randell had earlier admitted charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated assault and assault with intent to rob. The three charges were laid after a string of violent offending by Randell and his friends.

On March 6 Randell was among a group of youths who attacked a man on the Waipa Delta after he interrupted some of them trying to steal alcohol. The man was hit twice with a glass bottle, punched and kicked, and left with cuts and bruises. On April 18 Randell and an associate attacked two 15-year-old boys in a Hamilton park, leaving one of them with a broken nose. Randell took a wallet and cellphone belonging to one of the boys. In August, Randell attacked a person who he had asked for a cigarette, and when the other man managed to make it to his home, Randell said he was "going to go back and get a hammer".

Lawyer Michael McIvor said Randell had ended up associating with people who although younger, were more streetwise than him, after his family had moved from Tokoroa to Hamilton 18 months ago. "Regrettably, that appears to have been a bad move for him," he said. Alcohol was also a problem for Randell, Mr McIvor said told the court last week. "Clearly he's got a problem with alcohol, all of these offences have alcohol in the background." Judge Wolff said children moving into the city needed to make sure they did not fall into the wrong crowd. "It remains a tragedy when young, unsophisticated children leave country areas and become involved with streetwise youths," he said.

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