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Offender Databases Yuk Lung Lui

Yuk Lung Lui

Alias

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Offences

Abduction for sex, attempted rape and aggravated injury of an Asian woman in Ellerslie in May 2006
A string of previous convictions in NZ including dangerous driving in 1999, possession of an offensive weapon in 1999, male assaults female in 2000, careless or inconsiderate driving causing death or injury on a road in 2001, breaching a sentence of supervision in 2003, plus a number of convictions in Hong Kong including assault occasioning actual bodily harm in 1995, three of robbery with a knife and two of theft

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1977

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to preventive detention with a five year minimum term in April 2008

Background
From a Yahoo Xtra story September 2008
A man who tricked a woman into a hotel room, tied her up and attempted to sexually violate her and then robbed her, has had his appeal against preventive detention denied by the Court of Appeal. Yuk Lung Lui was sentenced in the High Court in Auckland in April to an indefinite jail term with the statutory minimum non-parole period of five years.

He had earlier pleaded guilty in Auckland District Court to a charge of abduction, attempted sexual violation and aggravated injury. Lui's lawyer argued in the Court of Appeal a finite sentence should have been given. In May 2006 Lui lured his victim into a hotel room he had booked for the day. He then tied her up and attempted to sexually violate her. When this failed, he tied her hands to her ankles in a hog-tied fashion and stole her cellphone and Eftpos card. He threatened to kill her with a knife if she did not supply her ATM number.

The woman managed to escape after being held captive for five hours. In their decision, Justices Bruce Robertson, John Wild and Mark Cooper said there was little indication from Lui of insight into his actions or commitment to change. They declined his appeal against preventive detention and said any other sentence would have been "inadequate" to reflect the total circumstances of his offending.

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