A Hamilton man convicted for his part in an illegal street race that resulted in the deaths of four people drunkenly tried to karate kick a police officer and threatened that he would become his fifth manslaughter conviction.<\/p>\n
It has been nine years since the crash on SH3 south of Hamilton when Dylan Cossey and Lance Robinson were racing at about 10pm.<\/p>\n
Police estimated Robinson, who was three times the alcohol limit and had traces of methamphetamine and cannabis in his system, was doing up to 150km\/h when he overtook Cossey on a corner and fishtailed into an oncoming van.<\/p>\n
Robinson, 28, and his three passengers, Paul De Silva, 20, Jason Ross, 19, and Hannah Strickett-Craze, 24, were killed instantly and the driver of the plumbing van was critically injured.<\/p>\n
Cossey has since spiralled into what Judge Glen Marshall described as “the grips of alcohol addiction” resulting in his “bizarre” behaviour last year.<\/p>\n
In the first incident on 29 September, Cossey threw milk crates at passing vehicles while standing outside a dairy on Maeroa Rd.<\/p>\n
A court summary of facts describes him as being in a “moderate state of intoxication”.<\/p>\n
Police were called and an officer approached Cossey who began yelling, “I’ve got four counts of manslaughter and I want to make you the fifth”.<\/p>\n
He insisted he knew karate and closed in on the officer until he was right in his face.<\/p>\n
Cossey began swinging punches then following it up with a karate kick to the face, which narrowly missed the officer.<\/p>\n
He was then arrested and driven to Hamilton Central Police Station. On the way he tried to headbutt the officer, however, he was able to deflect the strike before it landed.<\/p>\n
Then, at about 5.30pm on 10 December, Cossey was outside the victim’s house in the suburb of Maeroa.<\/p>\n
She left her house, leaving it unoccupied.<\/p>\n
Cossey smashed a kitchen window and climbed through, damaging several household items off a table and onto the floor.<\/p>\n
He then fell asleep on her bed.<\/p>\n
The victim returned home about 6.15<\/p>\n
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