Black Power member Hirini Desmond Te Runa had three-and-a-half years added to his sentence for a secret two-week campaign of 'consensual' violence against his cellmate. Photo / ODT, FileBlack Power member Hirini Desmond Te Runa had three-and-a-half years added to his sentence for a secret two-week campaign of 'consensual' violence against his cellmate. By then, 30-year-old Hirini Desmond Te Runa will have completed six years and four months' imprisonment after racking up his second strike while behind bars. In April 2017, Te Runa and the victim began sharing a cell at the Otago Corrections Facility. Te Runa was later transferred to Auckland South Corrections Facility where he will see out the tail end of his jail term.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 17, 2021 19:19 UTC