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Offender Databases Leon Tuhimata

Leon Raymond Tuhimata

Alias

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Offences

Raped, sexually violated repeatedly and threatened to kill a Napier woman in February 1993

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

unknown

Current Location

Unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to nine years in February 1995

Background
The Dominion, 7th May 1996
THE Court of Appeal has rejected a convicted rapist's claim that dna evidence against him was inconclusive and that he should not have been convicted and sentenced to nine years' jail.

Giving the court's decision, Justice Thomas said a dna expert gave evidence that "strongly supported" the charge that Leon Raymond Tuhimata punched, indecently assaulted and raped a woman he attacked in a Napier street on February 25, 1993. He also rejected Tuhimata's complaint that the victim's claim that her assailant had infected her with a venereal disease was not disclosed to the defence."The prosecution had not been aware of this either," Justice Thomas said.

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