Serial robber Salemona Lisipa sentenced after terrorising children in Auckland home burglary

Craig KapitanSenior Multimedia Journalist·NZ Herald·14 Oct, 2026 11:17 PM9 mins to read‌Video supplied by Auckland City District Police. Police have released moving CCTV footage of the ASB Bank robbery where a man with a sawn-off shot gun attempted to rob the ASB in Blockhouse Bay on Tuesday afternoon. Police now believe the offender left the scene on a small, white, sports motorcycle and are appealing for anyone who has seen the motorcycle to contact Police.A knife-wielding burglar who terrified a house full of children last year should have already been in prison, if a District Court judge had his way. Serial armed robber Salemona Brad Lisipa was handed a 14-year sentence in 2019 for a spree that included a shotgun bank heist and pilfering