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Offender Database Richard Bull

Richard Geoffrey Bull

Alias

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Offences

Sexual violation (6 counts), indecent assault (5 counts) and sodomy (1 count) inflicted on three Hamilton boys, including one 13 year old, between 1996 and 2001.

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1970

Current Location

At large in Coromandel

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 12 years with a 6 year 6 month non-parole period in April 2004
Unsuccessfully appealed this sentence in November 2004
Due for early release September 2010

Background
NZ Herald story here
Supreme Court judgment here (pdf)
Each of the victims had known Bull through his climbing gym in Hamilton. Bull would take the victims on climbing trips. They would go camping and Bull would supply the victims with alcohol and gifts and would sexually molest the boys.

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