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Codi Wilkinson was left for dead after senior Mongrel Mob members attacked him for stealing from a drug dealer. As Justice Helen Cull addressed the Su’a brothers and Moananui she acknowledged their upbringings as factors in their offending. To Moananui, Cull accepted that he, like the others, had gravitated towards gang life to find community. “It is clear that like your co-offenders you were drawn into the gang life for the support it provided to you in the face of a dysfunctional upbringing where you have limited cultural and emotional support.” Poverty, cultural alienation and limited support throughout their lives shown in their cultural and presentencing reports saw Cull reduce their sentences by 15 per cent.
Three teenage girls sentenced in death of Grace Virtue, 90
12 Mar, 2021 05:36 AM
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Horowhenua Chronicle
Three teenage girls involved in a home invasion that led to the death of a 90-year-old Levin woman have been sentenced in the Palmerston North High Court this afternoon.
Grace Isobel Virtue died 25 days after the home invasion at her Bath St property on November 2, 2019, as a result of a brain injury she suffered after being punched in the face in her own kitchen.
After the attack two of the girls used her bank card to buy Chupa Chups lollipops, softdrinks, a sweatshirt and cigarettes.