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Reid sustained an injury to his jaw. Following the incident, it emerged Reid had previously admitted charges of wilful damage, male assaults female, impeding breathing, and injuring with intent to injure. The charges stemmed from a domestic violence incident in which he had kicked and strangled a woman. A bone in her neck was broken during the attack. The crime of strangulation carries a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment. Despite that, Reid was sentenced at the Auckland High Court in March to five months’ home detention, which he was to carry out at a property in Flat Bush. Turn to page 3
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