Ravi Kumar

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Charge:	Assault with Deadly Weapon
Sentence:	NZL$250 fine
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Year Crime:	2015
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Zealand
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City of Crime:	Pukekohe
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Ravi Kumar was wrongly convicted in 2015 of assault with a weapon in Pukekohe, New Zealand. Kumar's prosecution was based on his threatening of a co-worker at the supermarket where they worked in response to months of racial abuse by the co-worker. After Kumar pled guilty in the Pukekohe District Court he was ordered to pay a fine of $250, reparation to the victim, and court costs. Kumar appealed, raising as an issue that he was unaware his conviction would make him subject to deportation, which would also affect his wife and unborn child. In January 2016 High Court Justice Edwin Wylie overturned Kumar's conviction, stating in his judgment: "Mr. Kumar had been the subject of repeated racial abuse by the victim in the months leading up to the incident. He tried to deal with the abuse in various ways. Initially he abused the victim back. Then he tried silence in the face of racial taunts. Neither strategy worked. Mr Kumar became increasingly irritated by the abuse. He tried to ignore it, but it continued. Eventually Mr Kumar snapped." Justice Wylie described Kumar's "unfortunate response" as ill thought, but "understandable.""
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Information Source 1:	"Taunted worker wins conviction reprieve: A High Court judge has decided a supermarket worker who pleaded guilty to assaulting a colleague should have his conviction overturned, "
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Ravi Kumar

Charge:

Assault with Deadly Weapon

Sentence:

NZL$250 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2015

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Zealand

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Pukekohe

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In January 2016 High Court Justice Edwin Wylie overturned Kumar's conviction,"

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"Taunted worker wins conviction reprieve: A High Court judge has decided a supermarket worker who pleaded guilty to assaulting a colleague should have his conviction overturned, "

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http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=219096&fm=newsmain%2Cnrhl

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