'Doomed and amateurish' knifepoint robbery fuelled by gambling loss and drug debt
On his way home from losing “a lot” of money on the pokie machines, a meth-addicted man with a $2000 drug debt robbed a Taranaki liquor store at knifepoint.
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On his way home from losing “a lot” of money on the pokie machines, a meth-addicted man with a $2000 drug debt robbed a Taranaki liquor store at knifepoint.
On his way home from losing “a lot” of money on the pokie machines, a meth-addicted man with a $2000 drug debt robbed a Taranaki liquor store at knifepoint.
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