She’ll be reoffending

The Herald reports:

A woman who assaulted an NZME journalist outside a courthouse has been sentenced to 18 months’ jail, but is expected to be released almost immediately because of time served while awaiting sentencing.

Rosie Morunga – who is a person of interest in the killing of Baby Ru – last month admitted 18 charges including assault, theft of a cellphone, using a document, aggravated assault, wilful damage and shoplifting, between June 2022 and November 2023. She was also sentenced for one assault bringing the total number of charges for sentencing to 19.

18 months jail for 19 offences!

According to the summary of facts the assault occurred in November when Morunga was standing outside the Hutt Valley District Court. When the journalist, whose name is suppressed, began questioning Morunga she was spat on, her hair was pulled back and she was punched in the head multiple times. In the fracas the journalist dropped two cellphones containing three bank cards.

Morunga picked these up and visited a Lower Hutt liquor store where she used the cards to buy bottles of spirits and RTDs.

So she has literally just appeared in court, and then assaults a journalist and steal her bank cards to stock up on alcohol.

Judge Wills said the aggravating factors in the case included that the offending occurred while Morunga was on bail and, for part of the time, a sentence of intensive supervision.

She noted that Morunga had an extensive criminal history with 74 previous convictions, half for violent offending. There had also been nine assaults while in prison.

But she’ll be out very soon so she can crack the ton.