Botanic Gardens daylight sex assault: Tourist traumatised after attack
The woman was visiting her sister in Auckland when the assault occured.
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Violent sexual offender deemed a danger 'for years to come', gets open-ended jail term
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'Ongoing risk': Preventive detention for serial sex offender who abused boy in public toilets
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Convicted killer and rapist accuses sister of keeping his payment for being abused in state care
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‘House of horror’: NSW couple jailed over boy’s vile abuse
A married couple repeatedly abused an intellectually disabled boy.
The rise of the sexsomnia defence: Justice or an easy out for rapists?
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