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Offender Databases Taki Tawa

Taki Tekaraka Tawa

Alias

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Offences

Attempted rape and abduction with intent to have sexual intercourse of a 23 year old woman in July 1992 in Moera
Attempted rape of young girl in a public toilet in July 1989 for which he was on parole at the time of latest attack
A lengthy list of prior convictions going back to 1983, not for serious offences

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1965

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to preventive detention in May 1993
Sentenced to 3.5 years in February 1990
Parole approved March 2006

Background
The Wellington High Court heard Tawa (who suffers from schizophrenia and a personality disorder) spent most of 10 years prior to being sentenced to preventive detention in custody or in hospital. When he does not take his medication and alcohol abuse is added he becomes psychotic to an extent where he lose touch with reality and have thought disorders and what are called "assaultative" tendencies. The psychiatric assessment is that a combination a of schizophrenic illness and underlying personality disorder have at least contributed to the offending.
From the parole board decisions and other media sources

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Corrections and Additional Information
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