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News Items

 
  • Man convicted of child's rape jailed for 11 years. Stuff.co.nz, 29 May 2008. A "flag of hope" in his pre-sentence report kept a 43-year-old sex offender from being sent to the High Court where a more serious sentence could be imposed.
  • Retrial for rape accused who cross-examined victim. The New Zealand Herald, 15 May 2008. A mentally disordered man convicted of rape after representing himself at trial has had his convictions set aside and a new trial ordered.
  • Rape victim's parole battle. Stuff.co.nz, 5 May 2008. The victim of a brutal Mt Maunganui pack rape has been blocked from getting court transcripts of her trial.
  • Courts 'fail child sex-abuse victims'. Dominion Post, 31 March 2008. Child sex-abuse victims are being failed by the courts as lawyers bully young witnesses and jurors misunderstand abuse, ground-breaking research suggests.
  • Teacher got teens drunk before rape, Crown says. New Zealand Herald, 6 March 2008. A former Dargaville Intermediate School teacher plied two teenage girls with alcohol before raping and sexually assaulting one of them, the Whangarei District Court has been told.

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6 October, 2008

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