The Star: October 12, 2023

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• By Erin Cox
COURT
Attack on ex-partner
and new girlfriend
‘vigilante action’
A CHRISTCHURCH woman drove
almost five hours to confront her
ex-partner and his new girlfriend, and
attacked them with a metal wheel brace as
they slept.
Desiree Ruia Krystal Taputoro, 31, was
sentenced in the Dunedin District Court
to two and a half years’ jail after a series of
violent attacks against her ex-partner.
In May 2017, she was issued with a protection
order and on November 7 last year,
breached it by driving from Christchurch
to Ranfurly.
Taputoro arrived at the shearing quarters
where the victims lived at 2.30am.
Arming herself with a wheel brace, she
entered the room where the couple were
sleeping.
She asked the woman to identify the
man who was sleeping beside her.
When she confirmed it was her expartner,
court documents say she “struck
down hard” on the woman’s collarbone.
The victim felt immediate pain and the
force caused her skin to
tear.
“You attacked a vulnerable
victim in bed
with an iron, having
unlawfully entered the
property,” Judge Michael
Turner said.
“ . . . It was vigilante
action.”
Taputoro turned her attention to her
ex-partner, striking him twice and asking:
“What about our children?”
The man wrapped his arms around the
defendant to stop any further blows.
“The victims were entitled to feel safe
in their private quarters . . . you had no
right,” Judge Turner said.
A month later, Taputoro warned the
woman not to contact police: “One thing
you are taught in jail is you never snitch.
Ask (an associate) what happens to
snitches.”
The defendant had a previous conviction
for domestic violence against the same
man for which she spent two years and
five months in jail.
“You have highly relevant convictions .
. . and a propensity to use weapons when
“A local team for local people”
‘You attacked a vulnerable
victim in bed with an iron,
having unlawfully entered
the property . . . It was
vigilante action’
– Judge Michael Turner
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WEAPON: The victims were
attacked with a metal wheel brace.
angered,” the judge said.
Lawyer Louise Denton said there
was a “subtlety” to the way the pair
communicated and pointed out Taputoro
had been the victim in some of the pair’s
altercations.
In November last year,
the ex-partners were
spending time with their
children in Omakau when
an argument broke out.
The man said he was
going to call police, which
angered the defendant.
While he was on the phone, Taputoro
picked up a tyre iron and swung it at his
head several times, striking him on the
arm and shoulder.
“He was doing the right thing and you
attacked him. You tried to stop him from
phoning for assistance . . . he was trying
to exercise his rights under the protection
order,” Judge Turner said.
Taputoro reportedly suffered “significant
childhood adversity” and was exposed to
domestic abuse and alcohol abuse from a
young age.
A report provided to the court said: “It
is not surprising she thinks violence is an
appropriate reaction. She did not witness
or get taught acceptable coping strategies.”
Taputoro was convicted of injuring with
intent to injure, intimidation and two
charges of breaching a protection order.
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