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Overseas Driver Must Serve Out Sentence
Rt Hon Winston Peters
New Zealand First Leader
Member of
Parliament for Northland
15 AUGUST 2016
Overseas Driver Must Serve Out Sentence
A Chinese tourist convicted of killing a Tauranga motorcyclist in an accident in which she lost control of her vehicle should serve her full sentence, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters.
“The family of the deceased motorcyclist Rhys Middleton are concerned Jieling Xiao will have her sentence downgraded to home detention after a hearing on Tuesday.
“At her sentencing in June, she was jailed for 17 months after she admitted driving erratically before the crash, over-correcting and hitting Mr Middleton on State Highway 5 near Eskdale.
“As Mr Middleton’s father has said, if Xiao is given home detention she could be deported to China within 28 days.
“The court needs to stick by their decision and Xiao, who was here on a working visa, must serve out her sentence,” Mr Peters says.
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