First published on
Monica Taiatini, 30, was sentenced for cannabis offending at Tauranga District Court.
The daughter of slain Mongrel Mob Barbarians Ōpōtiki president Steven Taiatini has been sentenced for dealing cannabis.
Details of Monica Taiatini's background were taken into account in court this week, as a judge considered what the appropriate outcome would be.
The 30-year-old's exposure to gang culture, parental substance abuse and abuse, parental incarceration, family violence and exposure to criminal offending were all considered to have a causal nexus on her own criminal actions.
