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Offender Databases Cyril Wade

Cyril Lawrence John Wade

Alias

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Offences

Sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, and indecent assault of three young Christchurch girls over three years up to 2006
These were representative charges.
Also threatened the victims to keep them quiet

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1962

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to eleven years with parole eligibility after seven years in May 2006
To be updated....

Background
From the Christchurch Press 10/05/2006
The case of a man who sexually abused three young girls came near to being the worst of its type, a judge has said. In the Christchurch District Court, Judge Christopher Harding sentenced Cyril Lawrence John Wade, 44, to 11 years jail on a representative charge of rape and ordered him to serve a minimum term of seven years without parole.

Wade was sentenced to concurrent jail terms on representative charges of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, and two of indecent assault. Near-maximum sentences for the crimes were needed, the judge said.

"In my view, this offending is within that broad band comprising the worst class of case encountered, and I accept the Crown proposition for a starting point of 15 years," he said.The crimes against the eldest girl continued for more than three years, and against the two others over about two years. The indecency charges involved Wade routinely grabbing and pinching their breasts and making inappropriate comments.

"The effect of these offences on these girls has been significant, approaching extreme," the judge said. Victim-impact reports revealed severe after-effects of anger, guilt, an inability to trust, nightmares and an inability to feel clean. Wade's threats to one child to keep quiet or he would kill her pets were believed and were extremely destructive, the judge said. Wade wept in the dock at times during the sentencing.

Lawyer Mark Callaghan said Wade was remorseful and was upset when he read the victim-impact reports. Wade was willing to undergo treatment for sexual offending and wanted to undertake the Kia Marama course as soon as it was available within the prison. His guilty pleas meant the victims were spared from giving evidence.

The starting point suggested by the Crown was at the upper end, and Callaghan said he did not think a minimum non-parole period was needed. The judge said aggravating factors included the children's ages, vulnerability, their inability to tell anyone, the gross breach of trust and the sustained nature of the crimes.

Wade did not plead guilty until after depositions, so he could not get maximum credit for his guilty pleas. In mitigation, Wade was willing to get treatment, but his remorse appeared to be a late development. It was not a proper case for name suppression and an existing suppression order would be cancelled, the judge said.

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