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Offender Databases William Mokaraka

William Boyd Mokaraka

Alias

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Offences

Sexual violation of two South Auckland women in 1997, assaulting a third in 1998
Also charges of aggravated burglary, and kidnapping a youth
This was less than two years after Mokaraka was released from jail after serving a 7 year sentence for repeatedly raping and hitting a woman in a Rotorua hotel toilet cubicle when he was 16

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1973

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to preventive detention (10 years non-parole under that legislation) in July 1999
Eligible for possible release from prison July 2009

Background
From the Christchurch Press 24th July 1999
A sexual predator who terrorised two South Auckland women in their beds last year has been jailed indefinitely. William Boyd Mokaraka, 26, of Mangere Bridge in South Auckland , had earlier admitted knife-point sex attacks on two women, and assaulting a third. He also admitted charges of aggravated burglary, and kidnapping a youth. The attacks started less than two years after Mokaraka was released from jail after serving a seven-year sentence for repeatedly raping and hitting a woman in a Rotorua hotel toilet cubicle when he was 16.

In the High Court at Auckland yesterday, Justice Baragwanath sentenced Mokaraka to preventive detention. That means he can be released from jail only when a parole board is satisfied he is no longer a danger to society. Justice Baragwanath said the attacks had terrified and sickened one of Mokaraka's victims, another thought she was going to die, and the third woman was so distressed she had permanently left New Zealand. Before sentencing, Mokaraka read a statement to the court in which he said he did not want sympathy and events in his childhood were partly to blame for his offending. "My victims, I am sorry. I know it is inadequate ... I will delve into my heart during the years I am away from society ... I will do the work I must do on myself no matter what sentence you pass."

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