SunLive - Support available for victims during lockdown sunlive.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunlive.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Seconds from killing her : Deportee strangled girlfriend three times Wed, 30 Jun 2021, 9:27AM
Lokenitama Filipo impressed a judge with his artwork but was told his prolonged attack on his former partner was appalling . (Photo / Supplied) Seconds from killing her : Deportee strangled girlfriend three times
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
A deportee who strangled his girlfriend three times in the space of an hour could have been seconds away from killing her , a judge says.
And Lokenitama Filipo s victim, in a statement before the Dunedin District Court, said she worried the 38-year-old would kill her when he was released from prison.
He was jailed for two years three months recently after pleading guilty to a representative charge of strangulation the week before his trial was due to start.
Former Scout leader Graham William Morine guilty of Auckland child sex abuse
23 Apr, 2021 12:40 AM
5 minutes to read
Former scout leader Graham William Morine was also involved with the Glenfield Rovers football club. Photo / Stephen Parker
Former scout leader Graham William Morine was also involved with the Glenfield Rovers football club. Photo / Stephen Parker
A former scout leader and football club hanger-on who wheedled his way into a family and abused boys has been brought to justice nearly 40 years later.
Graham William Morine is now known to have molested children in Auckland, Tauranga and Rotorua.
Today at Auckland District Court, Morine was found guilty on six indecency charges for offending against two North Shore boys from 1981 to 1984.
Former Scout leader Graham William Morine guilty of Auckland child sex abuse nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.