Mother who harboured fugitive sentenced Stuff.co.nz: "People who harbour fugitives must know they will be dealt with severely if they are caught, Justice Graham Lang has told the High Court at Rotorua today.
He was sentencing Davinia Martha Duff, 33, a Murupara mother-of-three, on a charge of being an accessory after the fact of murder by helping her brother, Neville Duff, avoid arrest. She had earlier pleaded guilty.
Justice Lang sentenced her to seven months' home detention, saying that in doing so he took into account that she had not previously offended, had a newborn child, and was caring for her mother who had suffered a stroke.
He noted Duff's offending had its genesis on the streets of Murupara on October 3 last year when a 17 year old was beaten to death by a group of men in front of other people. Some bystanders had identified her brother as one of those allegedly responsible.
Although the others allegedly involved had been 'rounded up' within three days Duff had responded by fleeing to Auckland, assisted by his sister."
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