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A Palmerston North man acquitted
of raping his former partner has been sentenced to community service for
threatening to kill her. Trevor Ernest Connolly, 47, was
tried last month for raping and threatening to kill his former partner. Part of the prosecution case
involved a tape recording made by the complainant of Connolly allegedly
apologising for the rape and admitting what he did was wrong. The jury took five hours to find
him not guilty of rape but guilty of threatening to kill. Judge Les Atkins turned down a
submission for a conviction and discharge from Connolly's lawyer, Mike
Antunovic. Instead, he imposed 80 hours'
community service. Justice Atkins said the sentence
reflected the seriousness of the offence and that Connolly did not appear to
have faced up to and dealt with his offending. |
