Community work for teen poacher who decapitated stags during lockdown
29 Apr, 2021 06:59 AM
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Renata Sweeney went on a poaching spree during last year s Covid lockdown. Photo / ODT
Otago Daily Times
By: Rob Kidd
A teenager who decapitated two stags while on late-night poaching missions during lockdown has been sentenced to community work.
Renata Winiata Paorakingi Sweeney, 19, appeared in the Dunedin District Court this afternoon after pleading guilty to three charges of unlawful hunting, firearms charges and a breach of the country s level 4 lockdown as the response against Covid-19 ramped up.
The killing spree began on April 17 last year when the defendant picked up a juvenile associate in a Nissan ute.
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