An Australian deportee has been jailed after holding a woman hostage at knifepoint in an Auckland mall last year
An Australian deportee has been jailed after holding a woman hostage at knifepoint in an Auckland mall last year
1 July 2019
Laura Wheeler was held for half an hour with a blade to her throat at Westfield Manukau in November... and feared she'd never see her children again.
31 year old Eddie Tamatea was coming off a methamphetamine binge at the time of the crime... and has since expressed remorse.
He's been sentenced to just under two years in prison.
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