The “predatory” rapist brothers behind a long-running campaign of drink spiking and sexual assaults at Christchurch bar Mama Hooch have been sentenced to hefty jail terms - the most significant for such offending in New Zealand.
Judge Paul Mabey KC sentenced Roberto Jaz, 38, to 17 years behind bars for offending against eight women.
His older brother Danny Jaz, 40, was jailed for 16 and a half years.
Both men were ordered to serve a minimum of half of their sentences before they are eligible for parole.
Senior crime reporter Anna Leask recounts the story that shocked the country.
On
a Saturday in July 2018 Katherine and Penny met with a friend at Venuti for dinner.
Penny had turned 18 that week and the girls were out to celebrate.
During the night they shared a bottle of wine and took a dose of MDMA between them. They were coherent and functioning.
After dinner Penny drove to Winnie Bagoes bar in the city for a gig, reuniting with Katherine at Mama Hooch later in the night.
Katherine invited Penny to come with her to Venuti for a drink.
She explained that Roberto had invited her down there, that she used to work for him, and it would be fine. Safe.
Penny was reluctant, she thought it was “weird” the chef was showing interest in them because he was “old”.
But she agreed to go with her friend.
When the trio arrived Roberto locked the doors, “poured a white substance onto a table” and used an Eftpos card to cut it into lines.
Katherine and Penny both - repeatedly - asked Roberto what he was offering them.
He assured them it was MDMA.
They had no reason not to trust him and took turns snorting the powder.
Immediately, they both knew something was very, very wrong.
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