Tauranga man Rikki Tarei imprisoned for raping young woman
Tarei and the young woman connected through their shared Christian faith, but what seemed like it could be…
Dunedin student flat invasion rapist with history of child sexual abuse jailed indefinitely
He parked on Queen St near Toroa College, where CCTV captured his movements. The court heard he got…
K Rd pack rape trial: Three Auckland men found guilty of raping German tourist on New Year’s morning
If it was any consolation, he said, “I consider your verdicts entirely commensurate with the evidence”. The two-and-a-half-week…
Warren Smith jailed for raping young girl 50 years ago
She had worried about her “body being ruined”, about her family finding out, and that if she said…
Son of Norway’s Crown Princess admits excesses but denies rape
“I’m mostly known as my mother’s son, not anything else. So I’ve had an extreme need for recognition…
Uber driver Satwinder Singh jailed for rape of teen passenger, says NZ women are ‘promiscuous’
His defence counsel, Nadine Baier, accepted she had no grounds to oppose name suppression. However, she did successfully,…
Immigration tribunal orders deportation of man jailed for raping wife soon after arranged marriage
The man was sentenced in April 2023 to seven years and 10 months in prison after a jury…
Bay of Plenty teen denies raping schoolgirl, says he went into her room so she could ‘paint his face’
She said it would happen in her room, under a trampoline, or behind some bushes on the Bay…
Hawke’s Bay director Parminder Singh jailed for more than 14 years for exploiting, raping workers
That woman, a Vietnamese national described as half Singh’s age, had been coerced, controlled and manipulated by her…
Bay of Plenty teenager on trial charged with raping young schoolgirl
The girl, who was 6 at the time of her evidential video interview, told the interviewer the boy…
Convicted rapist Dutch volleyball player denied Australia visa
“Unfortunately, we have now been informed that the decision has been made not to grant the visa. We…
Mark Rangihuna jailed for 11 years for raping young girl in Wellington 10 years ago
Rangihuna appeared for sentencing on two charges of rape of a person under the age of 12. The…