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Offender Databases Richard Wilcox

Richard Dick Wilcox

Alias

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Offences

Serious assault on his defence lawyer in May 2006. Assaulted a police officer shortly afterwards
Has 100 previous convictions, many for violence, and a couple for paedophilia

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

Brendon Thomas

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1963

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to just four years in May 2007
Released by "sentence end date" May 2010

Background
From Dominion Post story June 2007
A high profile defence lawyer has been savagely beaten by a homeless man he was trying to help. Auckland District Court heard how barrister Johnny Kovacevich was working at his inner-city chambers when he was attacked.

Richard Wilcox, 44, broke through security doors and into the office Kovacevich shared with his former law partner Mary Kennedy. Kennedy was defending Wilcox on assault charges at the time. After begging Kovacevich for money - which the lawyer was about to hand over - Wilcox punched him and broke items over his head including a golf umbrella, glasses and a metal plant stand.

After the 15-minute attack, Wilcox put on Kovacevich's shoes and took a cordless phone before fleeing. When he was found by police soon after, he punched an officer, blackening his eye. The attack last May had its sequel in court on Thursday when Wilcox - who has 100 convictions - was jailed for four years.

Kovacevich, 44, made headlines in 2001 when he hosted a party for jurors who acquitted his client of drugs charges after a seven-week methamphetamine conspiracy trial. He said Wilcox's attack had been "harrowing" and had made him more appreciative of police and more sympathetic towards crime victims. "I represent people like him and I've never been a victim before and that's why it makes it so difficult," he said.

From the Evening Standard 20/06/2000
Richard Dick Wilcox, 37, was sentenced on Friday by Judge Les Atkins, after pleading guilty to a charge of inducing the girl to perform an indecent act and another of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection during a daytime incident in The Square on January 26. Crown prosecutor Mathew Downs said the most serious aggravating factor in the assault aside from the girl's age was the fact that she was "totally helpless" when Wilcox assaulted her.

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