{"id":254586,"date":"2026-01-27T19:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/254586\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:15:08","slug":"whangarei-man-randall-wilson-jailed-for-historical-sexual-violation-of-young-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/254586\/","title":{"rendered":"Whang\u0101rei man Randall Wilson jailed for historical sexual violation of young boys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wilson, 49, was sent to prison when he appeared in the Whang\u0101rei District Court<\/a> for sentencing on charges of sexual violation against two boys.<\/p>\n

He has previously served a prison term for causing the death of a motorist in 2019<\/a>, after he drove off without paying for $108 of petrol and crashed into her vehicle.<\/p>\n

The historical sexual offending dates back to three decades ago and relates to two boys who were under the age of 10 at the time, with one being just 3 years old.<\/p>\n

Seventeen of the 19 representative charges related to one victim.<\/p>\n

That victim read his impact statement to the court, detailing a life of turmoil which led him to the only place he felt he belonged \u2013 the streets, gangs and eventually prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was controlled, used and broken down in every way a person could be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom as early as I can remember, I have lived my life in fear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis abuse didn\u2019t just hurt me physically. It affected every part of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man said he developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), antisocial personality disorder and had days where he was \u201cjust surviving, not living\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"RandallRandall Wilson was a tattooist from Hikurangi in Whang\u0101rei.<\/p>\n

But at Wilson\u2019s sentencing, he reclaimed his power.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want my voice to be heard, I want my story to mean something,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The man said he had been working hard over the past two years to heal and address the trauma.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome days I feel strong, other days I feel like falling apart but I keep trying because I want to live. I want to find out who I am without the pain.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taken so much from me. I survived something that should have killed me.\u201d<\/p>\n

As he finished his statement, he had parting words for Wilson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shame is his [Wilson\u2019s] alone to carry and today, I\u2019m giving it back to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other victim was not present at the sentencing.<\/p>\n

Crown lawyer<\/a> Pablo Hamber said the scale of Wilson\u2019s offending was significant because of the length of time it occurred and the degree of bodily invasion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was repetitive and prolonged offending over a number of years,\u201d Hamber submitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was someone both the victims should have been able to trust.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were very young with no possible way of resisting in any meaningful way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamber noted Wilson had submitted a letter of remorse but pointed out comments he made to a pre-sentence report writer.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe declined to go over the summary of facts again, stating that he agreed with the summary of facts but that, this is quoted as his words, \u2018some of it may be blown out of proportion\u2019,\u201d Hamber said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is extremely serious offending. I don\u2019t think it could be blown out of proportion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s lawyer, Miriam Jenkins, submitted that the court needed to take into account Wilson\u2019s age at the time of offending and his alcohol addiction, which began when he was 12 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Wilson was very young himself at the time and the offending ceased at the age of 19. That context is vital in ascertaining what his culpability is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenkins said Wilson\u2019s remorse was reflected in his early guilty plea and that he wanted to apologise to both victims face-to-face.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe appreciates they may never want to hear that from him,\u201d Jenkins said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe does apologise sincerely for what has happened and hopes they can move on with their lives and heal from this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regarding the comments made in the pre-sentence report, Jenkins stated that Wilson believed them and agreed they would not fabricate this information.<\/p>\n

Judge John McDonald<\/a> said that although Wilson was a youth at the time of offending, he must be treated at sentencing as an adult.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou knew what you were doing was wrong; you knew every time you did it,\u201d the judge said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy else would you tell him not to say anything? Why else would you make serious threats? On one occasion, a threat to burn the house down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge McDonald said the offending against the primary victim occurred hundreds of times, up to three times a week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree times a week for five years. I was trying to work it out. I get to 1000 and probably more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The judge said Wilson controlled the boys and took every opportunity he could to violate them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s no wonder those boys, now men, that their lives have been destroyed \u2013 solely by you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson was sentenced to seven years and seven months\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Shannon Pitman is a Whang\u0101rei-based reporter for Open Justice covering courts in the Te Tai Tokerau region. She is of Ng\u0101puhi\/ Ng\u0101ti P\u016bkenga descent and has worked in digital media for the past five years. She joined NZME in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wilson, 49, was sent to prison when he appeared in the Whang\u0101rei District Court for sentencing on charges…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1903,1763,1848,1968,2082,21081,14641,5158,111,43,139,69,1118,147210,6289,17703,544,1961,96,64011,1455,1869,6038,4741],"class_list":["post-254586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-abuse","tag-article","tag-boys","tag-discusses","tag-for","tag-historical","tag-jailed","tag-man","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-randall","tag-readers","tag-sexual","tag-some","tag-this","tag-upsetting","tag-violation","tag-warning","tag-whangrei","tag-wilson","tag-young"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254586","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=254586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}