A man who drove at speed the wrong way down Auckland motorways, then later pointed a pistol at his ex-partner while on parole, is considered an “undue risk” and must remain in prison.<\/p>\n
Kingi Johnson Karanga is serving a number of cumulative jail terms, which add up to nine years and nine months, for offending since 2017.<\/p>\n
Now, he will remain behind bars for at least another 12 months after the Parole Board considered his case recently.<\/p>\n
It noted Karanga had failed a drug test in the past year, was being assessed for rehabilitation and that another Parole Board hearing in six months would be “too soon”.<\/p>\n
Karanga’s most recent sentence, for armed burglary, was imposed in July and added 18 months on to jail terms he was already serving.<\/p>\n
The latest offence related to an incident in which he pointed a gun at his ex-partner through her open bedroom window.<\/p>\n
He left her house after the woman’s toddler son told him he was being “naughty” and to “go away”.<\/p>\n
At the time of that offending, Karanga was on parole from prison, where he was sent after a day of mayhem in 2017, during which he drove at speed against the flow of traffic on two Auckland motorways.<\/p>\n
The judge at his sentencing in 2018 said he was “literally holding my breath for other motorists” as he watched footage of Karanga’s driving taken from the police Eagle helicopter.<\/p>\n
The judge said Karanga’s “appalling” driving could easily have resulted in a fatal crash.<\/p>\n
Karanga drove against Auckland motorway traffic on three occasions on the same afternoon in October 2017, trying to evade police and their Eagle helicopter as they tracked the stolen vehicle he was in.<\/p>\n
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