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Offender Databases Nigel Whakarau

Nigel Craig Whakarau

Alias

Nigel Mervyn Whakarau

Offences

Kidnapped, robbed and assaulted real estate agent Kelly McIsaac with a knife in Carterton in August 2008
Had been released eight months earlier from a lengthy jail term for the home invasion and kidnapping of Kaponga businessman Roy King in April 1996.
Also invaded an elderly Wanganui couple's home carrying knives in 1988.

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1970

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to preventive detention with a five year non-parole period in September 2009

Background
NZ Herald story here
TV3 News report here
Served 10 years 7 months of his previous sentence. The parole board wisely kept him in prison beyond his Final Release Date (two thirds of sentence) until his Sentence End Date - simply because he was guaranteed to reoffend in a serious violent way.

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