Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 24, 2019 16:11:16 GMT 12
CULTURAL REPORT SHEDS LIGHT ON BURGLARY SPREE, SEES SENTENCE REDUCED
An Auckland burglar has been given a lighter prison sentence due to a disconnect with his Māori heritage.
Peter Heta, 38, was sentenced at Pukekohe District Court this week to two years and four months prison on five charges of burglary, one charge of theft and one of contravening a protection order.
Judge Gerard Winter earlier reduced the sentence by 12 months due to Heta's disconnect with his Māori heritage during his youth and his attempts to enter a drug rehabilitation program.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/116801791/cultural-report-sheds-light-on-burglary-spree-sees-sentence-reduced
An Auckland burglar has been given a lighter prison sentence due to a disconnect with his Māori heritage.
Peter Heta, 38, was sentenced at Pukekohe District Court this week to two years and four months prison on five charges of burglary, one charge of theft and one of contravening a protection order.
Judge Gerard Winter earlier reduced the sentence by 12 months due to Heta's disconnect with his Māori heritage during his youth and his attempts to enter a drug rehabilitation program.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/116801791/cultural-report-sheds-light-on-burglary-spree-sees-sentence-reduced