“Clearly without consent, at times you would overcome resistance forcefully,” Rowe told Bullock. “You have neither remorse, nor insight. You blame the victims and the families.” In victim impact statements read to the court, the women described feeling belittled by Bullock. The pair had attended counselling sessions in an attempt to move past the abuse, but one said they felt they may never recover. “It makes me feel worthless,” her statement read. “I’ve lost my trust in people. I have ongoing fears of men and find it difficult to be at home alone at night. “I hope Shane realises the consequence of what he has done, that the effects of his actions have long-lasting consequences that I fear will affect me for the rest of my life.”
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For nine months he can’t contact the victim nor enter the North Island, without approval from a probation officer. Before his arrest, Griffiths was at the end of a “stormy relationship” with his partner, Judge Jonathan Krebs said. The pair were at home in Shannon when they began arguing. His partner left the property, but Griffiths followed in a vehicle. Griffiths, beamed into court from jail over an audio-visual link, tried to get his partner to jump in, but she wouldn’t, so he hopped out and bit her on the ear. Griffiths had a long history of family violence.
Judge Lance Rowe thanked the jurors for their dedication after “a very difficult trial to hear”. One of the charges involved Bullock slicing off a woman s track pants with a box cutter and holding it as he raped her. Crown prosecutor Guy Carter detailed the fear the women felt, and the confusion they had aboutwhat happened to them. He said consent is not a given and everyone had the right to choose every time they engaged in sexual acts. “You heard under interview that both women repeated the exact same story in regards to the sexual allegations. “They would struggle, they would fight, he would prise their legs apart and leave bruises.