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They were all in the exercise yard of C Block at the time of the attack. The victim was bouncing a ball against a wall before he was set upon by the trio, who kicked and punched him in the head and body for about two minutes. He suffered a cut and lump to his head. Brown was in prison after being sentenced for various crimes earlier in 2020, one that included a jailhouse assault. Defence lawyer Richard Bedford said Brown may have been charged with common assault previously, but police and Corrections taking a harder line meant more serious charges were becoming more common.
The Number One Shoes offending also involved online posts to a shoe fetish forum. Collins said he would not suppress the facts of the case, although he noted he could not control what “keyboard warriors” on social media would write. Wylie had hit a low point late last year and early this year, and had sought professional help. “To your exceptional credit, you had succeeded at high school and you had become a graduate. You got a degree,” the judge told Wylie.
Stuff has reported that in 2020 Wylie was a student teacher at Manawatū schools. Wylie’s mother, who lives in Canada, told a report writer Wylie had lost his job and his anonymity.
Hala was sentenced to 8½ months’ home detention after admitting a charge of injuring with intent. The man was said to have thrown a racist slur at Hala, but the judge said that was possibly a reaction to being dragged outside. Hala disputed that, saying he followed the man outside and then the man hurled the insult. Either way, the judge said he shouldn’t have hit the man. Hala struck him so hard he fell backwards, hitting his head against a brick wall. Hala maintained it was an open-handed slap, rather than a punch. CCTV footage was no use as it happened too quickly, Edwards said.
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