This is weird on many levels. Your comments would be appreciated.

[toycollector10]

http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10667308&ref=rss

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4040705/Fantasy-roleplay-turns-violent

http://www.3news.co.nz/Medieval-member-fined-for-vicious-attack/tabid/209/articleID/171587/Default.aspx

There are little snippets of extra detail in the extra reports.

[Gubb]

What's wierd? She attacked soneone and copped a fine for it?

[Genie]

Not quite sure what the relevence to the mother five children bit is, but hell, what a terrible role model and if she's so quick to attack a photgrapher so visciously how does she treat her children?

Raises many questions, and I'd like to know why a viscious assult like this only gets a measly $200.00 fine....FFS, shocking behaviour and she gets hit with a soggy rag! Yet, were she to say, committ a dishonesty crime her penalty would be much worse.

[marie_speeds]

Was it because they didn't have cameras in medieval times?

[SMOKEU]

Typical n*****s, what do you expect?

[marie_speeds]

But if it had been a guy doing the assault would he have just been let off with a $200 fine?

[SMOKEU]

But if it had been a guy doing the assault would he have just been let off with a $200 fine?

Pretty much, that's the usual penalty these days.

[marie_speeds]

Pretty much, that's the usual penalty these days.

Fark! Now someone tells me!:angry: I have a farken list to get through then...

[SMOKEU]

Fark! Now someone tells me!:angry: I have a farken list to get through then...

There's no time like the present.

[toycollector10]

The first thing that struck me was that (without stereotyping people) the person doing the assault has a Maori name. I just felt it was out of the norm that she was in a Medieval reenactment group, rather than say, a Maori history reenactment group. Maori really, really identify with their culture these days but tend to play down their European heritage at the same time.

[SMOKEU]

Maori really, really identify with their culture these days but tend to play down their European heritage at the same time.

The older ones do, but realistically, these days most of the younger ones don't really give a fuck about their heritage.

[marie_speeds]

The older ones do, but realistically, these days most of the younger ones don't really give a fuck about their heritage.

Don't know about that? Shot across to the Nga Puhi Festival when we were holidaying in Paihia earlier this year and there plenty youth there embracing their heritage.Or was that the weed being openly smoked...LOL

[toycollector10]

The criminal is on a benefit, the taxpayer pays the fine.

The fine is a pittance. The assaulted woman was dragged to the door (By the hair?) and her glasses (value between $280 and $600) were smashed.

The photographer gets punched in the face. What damage was caused to the camera gear?

The photographer gets no payment for her broken glasses. She gets nothing, no repartion.

The criminal was a senior member of the group. Why didn't anyone in the room intervene? Does she have a history of aggression and bullying group members?

The victim gets a right effing-over then the stupid judge decides to flip her over and do it again to her. I would be right aggrieved if this happened to me.

[Forest]

P - it's a hell of a drug.

[SMOKEU]

P - it's a hell of a drug.

P for penis?

[toycollector10]

P - it's a hell of a drug.

You must be Rick James, bitch, and I think you hit the nail right on the head there, son.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cocaine+it%27s+a+hell+of+a+drug

[SMOKEU]

The criminal is on a benefit, the taxpayer pays the fine.

The fine is a pittance. The assaulted woman was dragged to the door (By the hair?) and her glasses (value between $280 and $600) were smashed.

The photographer gets punched in the face. What damage was caused to the camera gear?

The photographer gets no payment for her broken glasses. She gets nothing, no repartion.

The criminal was a senior member of the group. Why didn't anyone in the room intervene? Does she have a history of aggression and bullying group members?

The victim gets a right effing-over then the stupid judge decides to flip her over and do it again to her. I would be right aggrieved if this happened to me.

I was the victim of a similar offence. The offender just got a small fine, taxpayer funded of course.

[Clockwork]

What appalled me about the whole story was the judges reasoning for the fine...

"He fined Rangiataawa $200 to cover police costs in investigating the assault and arresting her. "

.... and the victim??

[Mudfart]

solo mum, on benefit 5 kids 3 g kids. the media are revealing to us that she has had a fucked up life, getting banged like a whore and treated like shit by men. she liekly has been on a benefit for most if not all of her baby making career, and some of her kids are not yet 18.
the low fine is based purely on her income vs expenses, a poor decision by a judge, who was probably looking at a leathery, weather worn old womans face in the dock, yes a hard life.....
the moment of clear insanity was an explosion of psychotic emotion due to a serious backlog of many years of neglect and abuse, by most likely, the males in her life.
yes its possible she also has a dependancy on some form of drugs, if i was a judge i would be taking that into account.
for example, she smokes, well how does she afford it on a benefit with many kids, a sign of repeating the cycle of neglect. yes she drinks or smokes pot. perhaps a test for schitzophrenia is required or bi-polar. as soon as someone is charged with such an offense, a blood test should be mandatory.
the victim perhaps has pyschological scarring for life now. i wonder what benefits she will be entitled to now that she is too scared to work, or perhaps leave the safety of her front door?.

[Genie]

solo mum, on benefit 5 kids 3 g kids. the media are revealing to us that she has had a fucked up life, getting banged like a whore and treated like shit by men. she liekly has been on a benefit for most if not all of her baby making career, and some of her kids are not yet 18.
the low fine is based purely on her income vs expenses, a poor decision by a judge, who was probably looking at a leathery, weather worn old womans face in the dock, yes a hard life.....
the moment of clear insanity was an explosion of psychotic emotion due to a serious backlog of many years of neglect and abuse, by most likely, the males in her life.
yes its possible she also has a dependancy on some form of drugs, if i was a judge i would be taking that into account.
for example, she smokes, well how does she afford it on a benefit with many kids, a sign of repeating the cycle of neglect. yes she drinks or smokes pot. perhaps a test for schitzophrenia is required or bi-polar. as soon as someone is charged with such an offense, a blood test should be mandatory.
the victim perhaps has pyschological scarring for life now. i wonder what benefits she will be entitled to now that she is too scared to work, or perhaps leave the safety of her front door?.

Sad thing is...you're are probably not wrong. But at what point in life does this women, or any other in a similar situation, begin to take responsibilty for herself?

P.S. I'm a solo mother with 5 children....had crappiest of upbringings, been treated like shit by many a man but hell, my life is so different that the picture you paint.

[Juzz976]

nothin wierd about this, is a shame about our justice system tho.

[Ocean1]

P.S. I'm a solo mother with 5 children....had crappiest of upbringings, been treated like shit by many a man but hell, my life is so different that the picture you paint.

Note to self re proximity of camera etc...

[Patrick]

The criminal was a senior member of the group. Why didn't anyone in the room intervene?

A good post but I liked this part ....

Like in so many situations...

The all too regular kiddie killings, Waitangi Day Commemoration "protests," just to name a few.....

[Indiana_Jones]

$200 fine, what a joke.

-Indy