A legal bid by teen murderers to swap life in prison with a finite jail term has been labelled sickening and disgusting by the mothers of two girls kil
A woman serving life for murder caused $18,370 damage when she got on to the roof of Christchurch Women's Prison, and began smashing everything with a meta
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Dangerous prisoner Uditha Punchihewa flees Hutt Hospital in a gown after escaping Corrections custody. (Video first published in 2019). In the aftermath a “full operational review” was carried out, which found the Corrections officer had not used an insert which helped cuffs fit people with smaller wrists, a spokesman said. “As a result of the operational review, additional training was provided to all relevant staff at Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility in the requirement of using and application of high security handcuffs,” the spokesman said. Staff are also receiving additional training in temporary handcuff removal policy and procedures, he said.
Judge Sanjay Patel reduced the sentence after Epiha, appearing via an audio-visual link at Manukau District Court, entered an early guilty plea to the charge.
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Katrina Epiha escaped from custody at Middlemore Hospital last year and led police on a two-week chase. Epiha broke free from custody officers around 12.30am on September 11 last year, then led police on a 13-day manhunt. She was eventually found on September 24, holed-up at a home in West Auckland. Back in custody, Epiha admitted she had purposely injured her hand with the intention to escape, after she was denied compassionate leave to attend her cousin’s tangi.