{"id":147147,"date":"2025-11-21T22:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/147147\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T22:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:45:20","slug":"underwear-thief-who-raided-student-flats-loses-bid-to-stay-out-of-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/147147\/","title":{"rendered":"Underwear thief who raided student flats loses bid to stay out of jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Students in one flat installed CCTV and captured Gray entering their laundry room at 6.20am, on August 6.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">He was seen taking clothing from  the washing machine and dryer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">On the evening of September 28, Gray entered the shared yard of two other flats in the area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">One occupant, who had experienced thefts,  heard a noise in the backyard and went to investigate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">The person confronted Gray and proceeded to record their interaction. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Gray claimed  he was looking for his girlfriend and left, according to the court.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">The police executed a search on Gray\u2019s home on  on November 19.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">They found clothing belonging to  the victims, including hundreds of pairs of men\u2019s underwear. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Gray\u2019s cellphone was also seized and searched. Objectionable material was found,  including three videos depicting bestiality. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">When questioned about the material, Gray told police, \u201cWell it depends on who\u2019s looking at it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">The details of the videos are described in the District Court sentencing notes, which the High Court adopted.<\/p>\n<p>Offending committed while students were asleep <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Victim impact statements before the court described  a loss of safety in their homes,  trouble sleeping, and frustration at the loss of their clothes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Victims also reported discomfort and disturbance  on realising the burglaries happened  while they were asleep. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Between June and August last year, students in North Dunedin flats noticed their clothing was going missing from their laundry. Photo \/ 123RF \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Between June and August last year, students in North Dunedin flats noticed their clothing was going missing from their laundry. Photo \/ 123RF <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Gray\u2019s appeal was dismissed because of the seriousness of the offences and his continued denial, the High Court decision said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Gray has a criminal history including 30 convictions between 1981 and 2017,  mostly for theft and other dishonesty offences. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students in one flat installed CCTV and captured Gray entering their laundry room at 6.20am, on August 6.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[74,6375,1040,6788,46009,71,42,24176,1334,11517,5836,20562,43,98494,1118,3111,28122,8442,94515,2069,9631,30590,61,40,38,41,39,61993,1299],"class_list":["post-147147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-after","tag-appeal","tag-bid","tag-dunedin","tag-flats","tag-from","tag-headlines","tag-hundreds","tag-jail","tag-loses","tag-lost","tag-mens","tag-news","tag-nicked","tag-of","tag-out","tag-pairs","tag-prison","tag-raided","tag-stay","tag-student","tag-thief","tag-to","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-underwear","tag-who"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}