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Offender Databases William Aitken

William Andrew Aitken

Alias

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Offences

Performing and indecent act (x8) on two boys in the Christchurch area in 2006 approx
Previously jailed for two years for similar offending from December 1991

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1961

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to four years in January 2007
Eligible for early release from May 2008

Background
NZ Lawyer 12th January 2007
As he begins his second substantial jail term, paedophile William Andrew Aitken has been warned that if he offends again the court may consider an open-ended sentence of preventive detention. Christchurch District Court Judge Colin Doherty jailed him for four years today, and noted that he had served a two-year term for similar offending against boys beginning in December 1991. During that jail term, he attended the Kia Marama treatment programme for sex offenders and also the follow-up programme. He was assessed as a low risk of reoffending.

But he has now admitted eight offences against two boys. The indecencies involved acts of masturbation by himself and the boys. The 45-year-old beneficiary acknowledged in a report placed before the judge that he had "stuffed up" the boys' lives. "That is something of an understatement," said Judge Doherty. Defence counsel Gerald Lascelles said Aitken had himself been sexually abused as a child, had limited intellectual ability and a depressive personality.

"Courts often refer to the possible consequences of offending, and yet when a case comes along where someone has been the victim of such offending, often little regard is paid to the real cause," he said. Judge Doherty noted the boys had become truants, and suffered from illness, lack of sleep, temper, and aggression. There had been serious emotional harm. He noted that Aitken himself was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and major depression. Now that he was on medication he was coping well day-to-day. "You are at risk of a sentence of preventive detention should you offend in this way again," the judge

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