Tag: DNA
12-year jail term for repeat sex attacker
A Commonwealth Games wrestler was called “a nasty, evil man” by the woman he raped in 1994 before he was imprisoned for 12 years 9 months.
Defence wants to reassess sex attack risk reports
Consideration of preventive detention for a repeat sex attacker who was once a New Zealand representative wrestler has been delayed while the defence checks on assessments of the continuing risk he may pose.
Jail for attack on ‘vulnerable’ sex worker
While police investigate the murder of a Christchurch sex worker, a man has been jailed for five years seven months for a sex attack that went far beyond the industry’s “rules of engagement”.
Strong DNA link to Tully, trial told
DNA sampling from a cycle helmet left behind by the Ashburton WINZ gunman provided an “extremely strong” link to Russell John Tully, a scientist has told the seventh day of the trial in the High Court at Christchurch.
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