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Jury deliberating group attack on teen

By Tracey Chatterton
Hawkes Bay Today·
22 Jun, 2015 12:12 AMQuick Read

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A court has heard how a 17-year-old teenager, was allegedly stripped naked, pinned to the ground and was punched and kicked in the head by two other young women at a Hastings party last year.

A court has heard how a 17-year-old teenager, was allegedly stripped naked, pinned to the ground and was punched and kicked in the head by two other young women at a Hastings party last year.

A jury is deliberating after a week-long trial where they were told a teenager was sexually violated with bottles.

A court has heard how a 17-year-old teenager, was stripped naked, pinned to the ground and was punched and kicked in the head by two other young women at a Hastings party last year.

During the four-hour-long assault, she had water thrown on her, was spat on, had her hair cut and was so traumatised by the sexual assault she defecated.

Hannah Sims, 21, who was renting the flat at the time, has pleaded guilty to nine charges, two charges of indecent assault, sexual violation and assault with a weapon as well as a charge of injuring with intent to injure, threatening to kill and unlawfully detaining a person.

Her co-accused Nakita Roper, 17, Vaughan Olsen, 21 and Joshua Kerr, 20, have been defending charges in a week-long trial in the Napier District Court.

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All three have pleaded not guilty to the most serious charges of sexual violation with bottles x2. They have pleaded guilty to some lesser charges.

The jury retired just before midday to deliberate.

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