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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: I'm struggling to understand why the Mongrel Mob guys got a lighter sentence because of their childhoods
Description: I am really struggling with these two Mongrel Mob guys getting reduced prison sentences because they had a hard time growing up. That’s probably putting it mildly - one report I’ve seen describes one of them having an “horrific” upbringing. But you get what I mean. They were both high-up in a commercial methamphetamine operation which manufactured and supplied the drug in the Waikato area. Their names are James Smith - a member of the Mongrel Mob’s World chapter - and Richard Heller - a member of the gang’s Rogue chapte...