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Ana Maria Tuitufaga

Alias

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Offences

Carjacking and serious assault on a 39 year old Wellington woman in November 2005

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1989

Current Location

At large in Napier

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 18 months in jail as of May 2006
Released on home detention in July 2006
Released statutorily February 2007

Background
From the Dominion Post May 2006
A teenage girl who viciously beat and gagged a woman in a "cold, callous and calculated" central Wellington carjacking has been jailed for 18 months for her part in the crime. Ana Maria Tuitufaga was sentenced yesterday in Wellington District Court for aggravated robbery and two counts of aggravated wounding. Judge Bruce Davidson granted Tuitufaga leave to apply for home detention. Tuitufaga's extended family from Auckland and Hawke's Bay crowded the court's public gallery and listened to the account of the attack.

On November 25, Tuitufaga and allegedly two others walked from the Wellington railway station to the Clifton Tce car park with the intention to steal a car and drive it to Lower Hutt. After waiting around 45 minutes selecting a suitable victim, one of the others allegedly charged and tackled a slightly built 39-year-old woman who was getting into her car. After the woman was knocked to the ground, she was punched in the face. Tuitufaga then sprayed an aerosol deodorant in the woman's face and began punching her about the head while one of the others allegedly got the woman's car keys. She later stuffed a cloth in the woman's mouth to stop her screaming.

During the daylight attack, the woman was dragged between two parked cars and punched about the face and abdomen when she attempted to call out for help. The woman later told police she was so frightened for her life that she lost bladder control and decided to play dead. Police stopped the car as it headed north on the motorway. The victim suffered bruising on her face, arms and torso and was hospitalised overnight. Prosecutor Greg Gimblitt described the attack as cold, callous and calculated. Defence lawyer Leah Davison said that, since the attack, Tuitufaga had returned to live with her mother in Hawke's Bay under strict bail conditions and had demonstrated an understanding of the severity of her actions. Judge Davidson said Tuitufaga had a bright future which a lengthy jail sentence would "darken"

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