Man found guilty of repeatedly raping, abducting teenage girl

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A Wairarapa man has been found guilty of repeatedly raping a teenage girl before abducting her to the countryside.

A High Court jury today found Michael Lihou guilty of 7 charges relating to the incident last July.

Lihou has been found guilty of two similar incidents in the past.

Last year he invited a 16-year-old girl, who was acting as his personal assistant, back to his Carterton home, where he plied her with alcohol before sexually assaulting her.

He then abducted her to the countryside where he assaulted her.

The jury found Lihou not guilty of one charge of threatening to kill.

He will remain in custody for sentencing in August.