Driver intentionally ran down teen with vehicle and laughed

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Manuhuia Tahupotiki Kupe, 29, and Miria Thompson, 27, appeared for sentencing in the High Court at Hamilton. Photo: Belinda Feek / Open Justice After intentionally driving his car into a 15-year-old boy several times on a rural Ngāruawāhia road, Manuhuia Kupe and his partner, Miria Thompson, got out of their vehicle and laughed at him as he lay pinned underneath.

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