Online chat was ‘depraved’ – judge
A 39-year-old man’s Facebook chat with an under-age teen, months after he had sex with her, was described as “depraved” by the judge who jailed him for three years nine months.
Judge David Saunders said the requests made to the girl by Cameron Myles Raine over Facebook “shows that you had descended into a depraved lifestyle devoid of any decency”.
Raine had suggested what she should do in photographs he requested on the social media site.
Raine was facing sentencing in the Christchurch District Court after pleading guilty to a charge of sexual connection with a young person, providing cannabis to a person aged under 18, and an objectionable publications charge over the Facebook activity.
Crown prosecutor Karyn South said the sexual activity had involved full intercourse and there was now “no sense whatever of remorse in this man”.
“There is a large amount of victim blaming going on,” she said.
Defence counsel Phillip Allan said Raine had pleaded guilty at the first reasonable opportunity, and accepted that he was responsible for his present predicament.
Judge Saunders said Raine had been assessed as “self-righteous” at the pre-sentence interview.
He suggested that while in prison, Raine should go through a drug and alcohol treatment programme, and there should be a full psychological report ahead of any appearance before the Parole Board where his release could be considered.
The victim read her victim impact statement in court, telling how she had been to counselling and suffered from nightmares since the offending. Until Raine was held in custody, she feared that he would come after her.
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