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Offender Database Wayne Rimene

Wayne Rimene

Alias

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Offences

Injuring with intent to injure, threatening to kill the victim and his family and threatening to damage the victim’s home with intent to intimidate him in September 1995
Assault in June 2001 while on parole for previous armed robbery convictions
While in Rimutaka Prison in 1996 escaped from Hutt Hospital after being unsupervised
Also kidnapped and stabbed his probation officer's son
Committed another robbery in New Plymouth in 2010
Has a long history of violence

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

Nomads

Age

Born 1971

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to another 18 months in February 1990
Sentenced to 6 years 10 months in mid 1996
Paroled December 1999, was recalled to serve the rest of his sentences August 2002
Sentenced to 18 months (2nd time) in late 2001
Sentenced to 6 months community detention and 300 hours community work in January 2012

Background
NZ Herald story here
New Plymouth Daily News story here
"The charge arose out of an incident at a 21st birthday party at the old Masterton Rugby clubrooms in the early hours of 17 June 2001.The victim and the appellant who knew each other from school both attended the party.Sometime between 4am and 5am the victim became involved in a fight with two other partygoers outside the clubrooms.The appellant joined the assault on the victim, continuing after the other two partygoers were pulled away.Four witnesses testified they saw the appellant punching and stomping on the victim who by this stage had fallen to the ground. Attempts were made to pull the appellant away from the victim but the appellant resisted these efforts.When a bystander used his cellphone to call an ambulance the appellant confronted him about being a “nark” and knocked the phone from his hands."

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