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Man s rape charges dismissed due to more than 40-year delay
28 Apr, 2021 04:42 AM
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The application was heard in the Wellington District Court on Friday. Photo / File
A Wellington man s rape charges have been dismissed due to the decades-long delay in laying the charges, and the fact he was a teenager when the alleged offences happened.
The judge confirmed the man, who cannot be named due to a pending application for name suppression, wouldn t have been able to evade the court process if any of the alleged offending had happened when he was an adult, despite the fact it took 43 years for the matter to come to court.