A Whangarei woman has been labelled a "very bad mother" by a judge for taking her son out burgling.
Joanne Linda Pukeroa, 38, and her son Nathan, 20, appeared in Whangarei District Court on Tuesday for sentencing.
Judge Jan Doogue said: "No parent should be convincing a child of their own to commit crimes." Pukeroa got six months' home detention for burglary and 300 hours' community work for shoplifting.
Mother and son burglars
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