Jailed teen craved notoriety
One of the teenage girls involved in Nancy Voon’s carjacking has been jailed for a spree of crimes across Auckland including two against the 66-year-old.
Lily Pritchard-Davis, 18, appeared at the Auckland District Court on June 23 to face 28 charges during her run from August last year to March, much of which occured while on bail.
The teen, described as “young, immature, but also intelligent” by her lawyer, had dropped out of the education system at 15.
She had attended 11 primary schools and two colleges, and had been dealt with by the Youth Court on several occasions.
While on bail she began stealing cars with a gang of offenders in September and targeting stores for burglaries.
On September 14, after stealing petrol from a BP in Mt Wellington, she and another girl drove to the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Panmure. The pair parked their car next to Voon. Pritchard-Davis’ co-offender threatened Voon with a screwdriver and stole her bag, before the girls dragged her into the carpark where she was punched twice to the head and kicked.
Judge Ema Aitken said the teen told police she had no fear of prison because it would gain her “notoriety among [her] friends”.
During sentencing, Pritchard-Davis could be seen seemingly smirking as the judge outlined her crimes. However, her expression grew increasingly forlorn. Pritchard-Davis was sentenced to four-and a half years on two counts of aggravated robbery, 14 counts of burglary, two counts of attempted burglary, three counts of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, three counts of unlawful possession of a motor vehicle, theft, assault, aggravated assault against a police officer, and resisting arrest. One count of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and one count of unlawful possession of a motor vehicle relate to Voon.