Mountain Scene
April 30, 2021
A Frankton builder convicted for sexually assaulting a resort woman in January already has a conviction for a similar assault on a drunk French tourist in 2016.
Steven Enting, 36, was sentenced to four months’ home detention and given a ‘second strike’ warning by Judge John Strettell in Queenstown’s court on Tuesday.
On January 8, after socialising in central Queenstown, the victim went home by taxi about
9pm and went to sleep in her bedroom.
She woke up just before midnight to find the defendant touching and kissing her hip.
As he began pulling her skirt down, she woke up fully and yelled at him to get out.
Builder who sexually assaulted sleeping flatmate convicted for similar offence in 2016
27 Apr, 2021 08:56 PM
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Steven Enting was sentenced to four months home detention and given a second strike warning by Judge John Strettell in the Queenstown District Court yesterday. Photo / File
Steven Enting was sentenced to four months home detention and given a second strike warning by Judge John Strettell in the Queenstown District Court yesterday. Photo / File
Otago Daily Times
By: Guy WIlliams
A Queenstown builder convicted for sexually assaulting his flatmate in January already had a conviction for a similar assault on a drunk French tourist in 2016.
Convicting Enting on the more recent charge, Judge John Strettell sentenced him to four months home detention and gave him a second strike under the three strikes legislation. Enting was also ordered to undertake 150 hours of community work and pay $1500 in reparation to the victim. The maximum sentence for the charge was seven years imprisonment. Queenstown police prosecutor, sergeant Ian Collin, said that on January 8 Enting had been socialising in central Queenstown with friends. The victim went to his flat at about 9pm before going to sleep in a bedroom, but woke at about 11.50pm to find Enting touching her hip and kissing her in the same area.