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Offender Databases Teri Van Der Looy

Teri Van Der Looy

Alias

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Offences

Assault on a 16 year old Christchurch girl in January 2006

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1985

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 10 months in jail in April 2006
Released September 2006

Background
From Christchurch Press story April 2006
A revenge attack by two women in a Christchurch park went horribly awry when they bashed the wrong person, a court has been told. The assault by Teri Van Der Looy, 21, and a co-offender yet to appear for sentence left the 16-year-old female victim with ongoing severe emotional fallout and effects of concussion.Van Der Looy, a mother, who admitted a charge of injuring with intent to injure, was yesterday jailed for a year and 10 months by Christchurch District Court Judge Phil Moran, who granted leave to apply for home detention. The judge said that in the early hours of January 20 Van Der Looy's sister came home and said she had been robbed of clothing in Papanui Domain. It was decided to revenge the alleged attack. Van Der Looy and the co-offender set out to look for the robber. On finding the victim, Van Der Looy punched her repeatedly about the head, stomped on her leg and kicked her in the stomach. The other offender began stomping on her head and neck, and both then left.

The trouble was she was the wrong person."You and your friend attacked a perfectly innocent young girl, 16 years old, and you injured her severely."Both had planned the attack and went looking for trouble. "The impact on her has been severe indeed."Now an emotional wreck, the victim was scared all the time, could not sleep, and was recently withdrawn from school because she could not cope, the judge said. Prosecutor Kerry White said as well as the emotional havoc, the victim suffered ongoing effects from concussion for which specialised treatment was needed. It was hoped to get her well enough for a gradual reintroduction to school, but for the time being she could not attend. Lawyer Tony Garrett said Van Der Looy was genuinely remorseful. It was perhaps difficult to draw a distinction between her and the co-offender, but it appeared Van Der Looy had not stomped on the victim's head or neck.

He would ask for a sentence allowing leave to apply for home detention because she had a young child and a new state house, and could lose it if leave for home detention was refused. "She has only a minor list of previous convictions, and is capable of doing a lot better," Garrett said. The judge said he accepted Van Der Looy did not do any of the head-stomping, that she was genuinely sorry, and by a prompt plea of guilty, had taken responsibility for her actions. By granting leave to apply for home detention, he hoped it would give her the chance to take up responsibilities as a mother. Conditions of release are that Van Der Looy do programmes as directed, especially for anger management.

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