Press Release – Ministry of Primary Industries A Tolaga Bay man who supplied and sold over half a tonne of rock lobster on the black market in the Bay of Plenty area has been sentenced to 8 months home detention and disqualified from fishing for 3-years. On Friday (5 February) Jason Dewi Taylor, …
A Tolaga Bay man who supplied and sold over half a tonne of rock lobster on the black market in the Bay of Plenty area has been sentenced to 8 months home detention and disqualified from fishing for 3-years.
On Friday (5 February) Jason Dewi Taylor, 49, was sentenced in the Rotorua District Court on 15 charges under the Fisheries Act 1996 and amateur fishing regulations, relating to illegally taking and selling an estimated 596kgs of fish from the CRA3 fishery area, located on the East Coast of the North Island. He pleaded guilty to the charges in December, 2020.
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In a written judgment in response, delivered on Wednesday, Judge Philip Cooper, disagreed with McKechnie’s analysis, saying he assessed the offending to be moderately serious. “In those circumstances, the consequences of a conviction must therefore be relatively significant before they are ‘out of all proportion’ to the moderate seriousness of the offence.”
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The indecent assaults occurred at Hirangi Marae, Tūrangi. Judge Cooper accepted there was social stigma attached to indecent assault offending and that the consequences of a conviction for the defendant were a loss of mana and an inability to participate in governance and other roles which would benefit his iwi and community.
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Former TaupÅ pastor Donald Lake, who has been charged with indecent assault on three young persons, has made his third appearance at the TaupÅ District Court.
A former Taupō pastor charged with indecent assault against three young people has pleaded not guilty. Donald Lake, 63, appeared in the Taupō District Court for a brief hearing on Wednesday. Lake faces seven charges of indecent assault, against three different victims. The alleged offences date from the beginning of January 2014 to the end of 2017 when the 63-year-old was a senior pastor of the Inspire Church. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment.
Rotorua policewoman Melissa-Mae Ruru, champion boxer Tyson Sykes sentenced
18 Jan, 2021 10:45 PM
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Tyson Sykes (left) and Melissa-Mae Ruru. Photos / Andrew Warner
A Rotorua policewoman and a champion boxer found guilty of cheating the justice system have been sentenced to home detention.
Melissa-Mae Ruru, 36, and Tyson Sykes, 33, were found guilty in a jury trial last year of defeating the course of justice by submitting false community work records that gave Sykes an easy ride to complete a court-ordered sentence.
Ruru was also found guilty of two separate forgery charges after the then detective constable signed Sykes signature on community work forms and an Olympic form.
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