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Offender Databases Samson Rewha

Samson Bruce Rina Raymond Rewha

Alias

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Offences

Armed robbery of the Napier AMI while on bail for serious assault on a fellow inmate in November 2006
Previous conviction for robbery in 2000

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1983

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 6 years 4 months in December 2000
Sentenced to 6 years 6 months with a 4 year 4 month non-parole period in November 2008

Background
Hawkes Bay Today story December 2008
A man who evaded arrest for more than a year and a half on a charge of armed robbery was tracked down to Waikeria Prison, where he was serving a five-year sentence, and been sentenced to further time. Samson Bruce Rina Raymond Rewha, 25, was sentenced in Pukekohe District Court on November 25 to six and a half years in jail, including a minimum of four years and four months from that date.

When Napier detectives went to the jail in September, Rewha admitted the aggravated robbery of AMI, Hastings St, Napier, on November 7, 2006. The offence occurred after Rewha skipped bail while on remand for a serious assault on a fellow prisoner, the offence which led to his sentence of five years. Rewha is no newcomer to lengthy sentences, including one of six years and four months in December 2000 for robbery, when he was just 17.

In the latest sentencing, Judge Charles Blackie said it was not a robbery of a small retail outlet "using a knife or something like that". It was a major robbery using disguises and a firearm with which Rewha struck one of the victims before leaving with about $150. The Crown prosecutor suggested a sentence of up to 10 years cumulative to that already being served.

Judge Blackie, noting that Rewha was considered to be at high risk of reoffending if released, said the sentence of six and a half years should be concurrent with the jail assault term, although starting at the date of sentence with a minimum non-parole period of two thirds. There were no media at the sentencing, but Judge Blackie's decision was subsequently made available to Hawke's Bay Today.

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