Taupo man Lucky Tupara, who has 61 previous convictions for
violence, was jailed for seven months when he appeared in
Taupo District Court yesterday.
Tupara, 36, who was first convicted of violence in 1997, had
pleaded guilty to assaulting a female. He had previously
received a suspended sentence for sending threatening text
messages to a female.
In court yesterday, Judge James Weir said Tupara's actions
were aggressive and unwarranted. Judge Weir said Tupara's
previous history of violence meant that the content of his
text messages, which had included threatening to kill, would
be frightening and taken seriously by the recipient of the
message.
Sentencing Tupara to prison, Judge Weir said that he hoped
the defendant would give everyone a break and not come back
to court.
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