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I remember this one. He attacked a teenage girl, and began stabbing her when he didn't get what he wanted. Her neighbor ran to help, so he began slashing his face over and over. Even when he tried to back away, this Maori lowlife kept advancing and slashing at his face.
Others began coming to help, so he fled over the fence. The girl recognised him when he passed through her supermarket months later, and got his license plate number when he left.
Neither he or his family have ever expressed any remorse for this. And neither the Police or papers have seen fit to say why he did this. My very strong feeling is that this was a racial attack.
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/5275807/aproach-escaped-prisoner-warn-police/
Do not aproach escaped prisoner, warn police
January 22, 2009, 4:04 pm
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Police today warned the public not to approach an escaped prison inmate with a long history of violence.
Arai Hema, 30, classified as a low security risk, slipped away from a work party outside the perimeter fence of Auckland Prison at Paremoremo yesterday afternoon.
He was tracked to a nearby road by a police dog but the trail disappeared and police believe he may have got into a vehicle, possibly driven by an accomplice.
Detective Inspector Steve Wood, Waitemata police district crime manager, said today his escape was "unusual and of concern" because after a decade behind bars he was due to be considered for parole.
"He has chosen to escape at a time when he is under consideration to achieve parole in the near future.
"The decision by any long-term inmate to escape from custody and thereby jeopardise the prospect of achieving parole is a rare occurrence. This inmate's behaviour indicates a degree of instability.
"We
are not saying he is absolutely dangerous but there is potential danger there. We are concerned about his behaviour.
"We don't know what his state of mind is and therefore we are warning the public to stay well away from him and report him to police straight away.
"It seems totally bizarre he has done this."
Hema was jailed for 12 years after a 1998 sex attack on a 17-year-old girl at her home.
He tried to stab her but she screamed, and Hema attacked the girl's 78-year-old neighbour as he came to her rescue.
In 2004 he attacked guards at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison, throwing boiling water over one and hitting another in the head with a shovel.
That attack earned him another four years in jail.
Mr Wood said anyone who had seen Hema or seen any suspicious vehicle near Auckland prison yesterday should call police urgently.
"Do not approach him."
He also urged Hema to contact police to discuss handing himself in.
"The
longer he is at large the worse this will affect his eventual release date," he said.
http://www.safe-nz.org.nz/sxdb/hemaarai.htm
Arai Whakaari Hema
Offences
The attempted rape of a 16 year old girl in December 1998 in Napier, plus the attempted murder of a 76 year old man who went to her aid.
Also assaulted a woman in January 1998 with the intention of rape
Also attacked three guards at Mangaroa prison in November 2004
Victims
Lynley McBride
Bruce Butler
Age
born 1978
Parole/Release Dates
Sentenced to 11 years in October 1999, now serving a cumulative 6 years for the prison offences
Eligible for a parole hearing September 2010
Has statutory release and sentence end dates May 2016
The Crown requested preventive detention saying Hema was "the smouldering keg of powder waiting to blow"
Background
NZ Herald story here
More from a Hawkes Bay Today article January 2005
In November, three guards
were seriously injured after prisoner Arai Hema, sentenced the 1998 attempted murder of 78-year-old man Napier man Bruce Butler, threw boiling water on a staff member before commandeering a knife and attacking other guards with a shovel.
Also this from the Otago Daily times October 1999
Arai Whakaari Hema (20), of Napier was found guilty of attempting to murder 76-year-old Napier man Bruce Butler on December 7 last year, and was jailed for 11 years. He had attacked Mr Butler, who came to the rescue of his neighbour, Lynley McBride (16), at her home. Hema had earlier admitted attempting to sexually violate Miss McBride and intentionally causing her grievous bodily harm. He had denied attempting to murder Mr Butler but was found guilty after a three-day trial earlier this month. Hema had also earlier admitted assaulting another woman with intent to sexually violate her in January last year.
Others began coming to help, so he fled over the fence. The girl recognised him when he passed through her supermarket months later, and got his license plate number when he left.
Neither he or his family have ever expressed any remorse for this. And neither the Police or papers have seen fit to say why he did this. My very strong feeling is that this was a racial attack.
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/5275807/aproach-escaped-prisoner-warn-police/
Do not aproach escaped prisoner, warn police
January 22, 2009, 4:04 pm
http://l.yimg.com/fv
/xp/nzpa/20090122/14/2088714506.jpg
Police today warned the public not to approach an escaped prison inmate with a long history of violence.
Arai Hema, 30, classified as a low security risk, slipped away from a work party outside the perimeter fence of Auckland Prison at Paremoremo yesterday afternoon.
He was tracked to a nearby road by a police dog but the trail disappeared and police believe he may have got into a vehicle, possibly driven by an accomplice.
Detective Inspector Steve Wood, Waitemata police district crime manager, said today his escape was "unusual and of concern" because after a decade behind bars he was due to be considered for parole.
"He has chosen to escape at a time when he is under consideration to achieve parole in the near future.
"The decision by any long-term inmate to escape from custody and thereby jeopardise the prospect of achieving parole is a rare occurrence. This inmate's behaviour indicates a degree of instability.
"We
are not saying he is absolutely dangerous but there is potential danger there. We are concerned about his behaviour.
"We don't know what his state of mind is and therefore we are warning the public to stay well away from him and report him to police straight away.
"It seems totally bizarre he has done this."
Hema was jailed for 12 years after a 1998 sex attack on a 17-year-old girl at her home.
He tried to stab her but she screamed, and Hema attacked the girl's 78-year-old neighbour as he came to her rescue.
In 2004 he attacked guards at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison, throwing boiling water over one and hitting another in the head with a shovel.
That attack earned him another four years in jail.
Mr Wood said anyone who had seen Hema or seen any suspicious vehicle near Auckland prison yesterday should call police urgently.
"Do not approach him."
He also urged Hema to contact police to discuss handing himself in.
"The
longer he is at large the worse this will affect his eventual release date," he said.
http://www.safe-nz.org.nz/sxdb/hemaarai.htm
Arai Whakaari Hema
Offences
The attempted rape of a 16 year old girl in December 1998 in Napier, plus the attempted murder of a 76 year old man who went to her aid.
Also assaulted a woman in January 1998 with the intention of rape
Also attacked three guards at Mangaroa prison in November 2004
Victims
Lynley McBride
Bruce Butler
Age
born 1978
Parole/Release Dates
Sentenced to 11 years in October 1999, now serving a cumulative 6 years for the prison offences
Eligible for a parole hearing September 2010
Has statutory release and sentence end dates May 2016
The Crown requested preventive detention saying Hema was "the smouldering keg of powder waiting to blow"
Background
NZ Herald story here
More from a Hawkes Bay Today article January 2005
In November, three guards
were seriously injured after prisoner Arai Hema, sentenced the 1998 attempted murder of 78-year-old man Napier man Bruce Butler, threw boiling water on a staff member before commandeering a knife and attacking other guards with a shovel.
Also this from the Otago Daily times October 1999
Arai Whakaari Hema (20), of Napier was found guilty of attempting to murder 76-year-old Napier man Bruce Butler on December 7 last year, and was jailed for 11 years. He had attacked Mr Butler, who came to the rescue of his neighbour, Lynley McBride (16), at her home. Hema had earlier admitted attempting to sexually violate Miss McBride and intentionally causing her grievous bodily harm. He had denied attempting to murder Mr Butler but was found guilty after a three-day trial earlier this month. Hema had also earlier admitted assaulting another woman with intent to sexually violate her in January last year.