Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 27, 2019 17:10:20 GMT 12
COP SHOP GUN THIEF JAILED FOR EMBARRASSING ANZAC DAY BURGLARY IN PALMERSTON NORTH
Ryan also referenced the case of Conrad Gray, who was sentenced in September for the manslaughter of Daniel John Gooch in Whanganui.
The sentencing judge in that case, Justice Francis Cooke, QC, gave Gray a significant discount to his sentence due to evidence showing the intergenerational marginalisation of Māori lead him down a path into crime.
There was evidence Harris suffered in a similar way, Ryan said.
Judge Lance Rowe said a cultural report showed Harris, of Muaūpoko descent, had suffered from the same kind of deprivation as Gray.
"This has caused you a similar amount of grief."
It was likely no-one had talked to Harris about concepts such as manaakitanga before he did his cultural report, the judge said......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/116143670/cop-shop-gun-thief-jailed-for-embarrassing-anzac-day-burglary-in-palmerston-north
Ryan also referenced the case of Conrad Gray, who was sentenced in September for the manslaughter of Daniel John Gooch in Whanganui.
The sentencing judge in that case, Justice Francis Cooke, QC, gave Gray a significant discount to his sentence due to evidence showing the intergenerational marginalisation of Māori lead him down a path into crime.
There was evidence Harris suffered in a similar way, Ryan said.
Judge Lance Rowe said a cultural report showed Harris, of Muaūpoko descent, had suffered from the same kind of deprivation as Gray.
"This has caused you a similar amount of grief."
It was likely no-one had talked to Harris about concepts such as manaakitanga before he did his cultural report, the judge said......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/116143670/cop-shop-gun-thief-jailed-for-embarrassing-anzac-day-burglary-in-palmerston-north