A Northland CYF caregiver has been found guilty on most of the charges relating to sexual and physical abuse of vulnerable children in his care.
A jury this afternoon found Taite Hemi Kupa, 57, guilty in the High Court at Whangarei on 21 of 23 charges after a two-day deliberation.
Kupa was charged with nine counts of assaulting a child under 14, one of assaulting a female, three of raping a child under 16, nine of unlawful sexual connection with a child under 16, and one of attempted rape of a child under 16.
Not guilty verdicts were returned on two charges of sexual violation by unlawful connection.
A mixture of unanimous and majority verdicts were delivered after the jury were this morning directed by Justice Reynor Asher on rules around majority verdicts.
