Tag: child sex abuse
Guilty verdicts in historic sex trial
A jury has accepted two women’s evidence of sex offending dating back as far as the 1950s, and convicted a 77-year-old man on eight charges.
Memory expert to give evidence at sex abuse trial
A man who says two women have wrongly remembered alleged sexual indecencies over a decade ago, is on trial in the Christchurch District Court.
Child sex offender’s ‘distorted thinking’
A 54-year-old man’s unrealistic views about his sex offending against a 12-year-old girl have seen him jailed for 15 months at his Christchurch District Court sentencing.
Child sex and violence allegations sent to Auckland
An Auckland man facing sex and violence charges involving five children is being sent back north after his arrest in Christchurch.
Family ’emotionally slaughtered’ by child abuse offending
The mother of a sex abuse victim has talked about the family being “emotionally slaughtered” by the offending of a man who is now beginning a five-year seven-month jail term.
Sex abuse victim ‘showing signs of PTSD’
An 11-year-old girl is showing signs of post traumatic stress disorder after repeated rapes by her father, who was today jailed for more than a decade.
Preventive detention to be considered for sex offender
Sexualised behaviour during burglaries has been cited among the reasons the Crown is asking for an open-ended preventive detention jail term to be considered for a 31-year-old Christchurch man.
Teen’s on-line activity encouraged child sex abuse
Seventeen children were rescued from sex abuse overseas and 11 adults were arrested when the authorities busted the on-line activities of Drew Webb, who was jailed at the Christchurch District Court today.
Child sex abuser cries as he is jailed
A child sex offender cried while a Christchurch judge jailed him for nine years.
Suppression appeal dismissed in historic sex abuse case
Continued name suppression has been refused for an 89-year-old man facing historic sex abuse charges, in a case that went to appeal in the High Court.
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