Home detention for helping murder someone!

The Herald reports:

A teen prospect involved in a gang-related murder assured the court he was cutting ties with the Mongrel Mob, but after his calls to a jailed gang boss were intercepted, it was discovered he has instead been patched, complete with the gang’s insignia tattooed on his back.

This is no surprise. They all get told to tell the court how they are remorseful and want to turn their lives around, but most of them don’t want to.

He is the younger brother of Mongrel Mob West Coast chapter president Turanganui Ormsby-Turner, who was jailed in May for life with a minimum period of imprisonment of 10 years and six months for murdering Rei Joseph Tumatauinga Maihi Marshall.

Tana was originally also charged with the murder of Marshall, a 23-year-old Taranaki father of two, but went on to plead guilty to reduced charges of being an accessory after the fact and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

So he did a plea deal to avoid being charged with murder, but still admitted to two very serious offences that have maximum terms of 14 and seven years.

From a starting point of seven years’ imprisonment, Justice Francis Cooke applied around 70 per cent in discounts before sentencing the teen to 12 months of home detention.

If National becomes Government, this would not happen. They have said 40% will be the maximum discount available which would mean a sentence of at least four years imprisonment for helping murder someone, instead of 12 months cruising at home.

He believed Tana still had a chance of being rehabilitated but said that could not be achieved in prison.

LOL. Sure.