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Offender Database Jeremy Tahi

Jeremy Tahi

Alias

Jay

Offences

Arson of a Kauwerau home in August 1999 while the two occupants were sleeping, resulting in their deaths.
Has more recently assaulted a Christchurch woman three times including one while on bail and threatening to kill her unborn child, also driving while disqualified, intentional damage, trespass and theft

Victims

Phillip Hunt
Leonard Savage

Offender Affiliations

Tahi was the primary offender
Renee Rooney

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1981

Current Location

At large in Christchurch

Parole/Release Dates

Convicted in April 2000, sentences impos ed in the Rotorua High Court as follows;
Sentenced to six years for manslaughter
Sentenced to four years for arson
Both sentences to be served cumulatively
Paroled at final release date October 2003
His more recent sentence was five months
Released statutorily December 2005
Sentenced to two years six months in August 2008

Background
NZ Herald story here and here

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