Man smirked as he talked of plan to behead police officer with an axe
7 Jan, 2021 05:36 PM
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By: Rob Kidd
A man who attacked a police officer with an axe said he planned to decapitate him and wave his head at other officers so they would shoot him.
It was one of the stunning revelations made by 25-year-old Ruairi Kern Taylor in an interview with a Corrections officer just weeks after the incident in September 2019.
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The details of that discussion can now be revealed after the defendant was jailed for three years, three months before the High Court at Dunedin last month.
Photo: RNZ / Tess Brunton
The 57-year-old this week appealed his prison sentence, non-parole period and a $5 million reparation order imposed on him.
Kloogh was jailed for eight years and 10 months in July after defrauding dozens of investors of more than $15 million.
A minimum non-parole period of five years and four months was imposed.
He admitted 11 charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office in March.
Earlier this week his lawyer, Sarah Saunderson-Warner, argued the sentencing judge s starting point for her client s sentence was too high.
She also told the High Court Kloogh should have received greater credit for his co-operation with authorities and his victims once the offending was uncovered.
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