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Judge Sentences Luka to 18 Years for Home Invasion

7/8/2026

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Story summary
  • Justice Grau rejected preventive detention and sentenced Luka, 26, to 18 years for leading Upper Hutt home invasion.
  • Luka and four accomplices broke into a Birchville home, assaulted the family and forced mother to hand over $1,500.
  • Victims report anxiety, sleep loss and a sexually transmitted disease.
  • Co-offenders received sentences from four years and four months to nine months home detention.
  • Jovie Andrews was ordered to pay $2,950 in reparations.