Raeleen Matewai Noyle Rameka. Photo / Stuart Munro
Raeleen Matewai Noyle Rameka. Photo / Stuart Munro
A woman convicted of the 2008 murder of a Wanganui man, who was attacked in the mistaken belief he was a gang member, is being given the chance to appeal her conviction by the Supreme Court.
Raeleen Matewai Noyle Rameka and three others were found guilty in the High Courtat Wanganui in December 2009 over the death of Paul Kumeroa.
She was sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 10 years and six months.
Her co-accused Clarke Jones McCallum, Daniel Craig Rippon and Jamie Ngahuia Ahsin were also given life sentences for the murder.
The Supreme Court today released its decision to allow Rameka leave to appeal her conviction.
During the group's sentencing, Justice Robert Dobson said McCallum and Rippon were patched gang members and Ahsin and Rameka gang associates, and they had embarked on a "completely mindless and violent attack" on Mr Kumeroa, who had no gang connections. Mr Kumeroa was wearing a red hoodie and was attacked in the mistaken belief he was a rival gang member.
