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Allegations of Sexual
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A man who has spent nearly two
years in jail for sexually assaulting a child has had the conviction quashed
after the complainant retracted her claims. The girl, now 8, claimed her
mother's partner committed indecencies on her when she was five or six. The man stood trial in the High
Court at Auckland in 2004 and was found guilty of one charge of indecent
assault and inducing an indecent act and two charges of unlawful sexual
connection. He was sentenced to four years' jail, but immediately appealed. Queen's Counsel Ailsa Duffy said
she interviewed the girl, who had retracted her statement. The girl said she
was afraid of her mother's rejection, but wanted to put things right. |
