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Paul Andrew Hislop

Alias

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Offences

Sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection and indecently assaulting a 14 year old Hamilton girl in a park in early 2004
Previous history of obscene exposure, indecent assault from 1999 onwards

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1967

Current Location

Under supervision in Wellington

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to five years in May 2004
Released May 2009
A ten year extended supervision order was made in June 2009

Background
NZ Herald story here
Dominion story from 18th June 2009
A sex offender has been given a round-the-clock state-paid minder and shifted to Wellington to keep him safe after he was hounded out of another town. The man's lawyer says the minder is for his protection but the Corrections Department denies that and says he has a "life-skills tutor at all times", costing about $40 an hour.

Paul Andrew Hislop, 42, is now "somewhere in Wellington ", according to his lawyer, Michael Bott.

The sentencing judge, Justice David Baragwanath, said Hislop's sexual offending began in 1999 with obscene exposure and indecent assault, for which he was sentenced to 15 months' jail. In 2001 he masturbated in front of two drunk 17-year-old women. His offences were becoming more serious and the risk of his reoffending was predicted to be high, the judge said.

In the High Court at Wellington on Monday, Mr Bott told Justice Forrie Miller that Hislop went to Whakatane on his release but was subjected to physical threats and had to be smuggled out of town. The principal of Apanui School in Whakatane, Brian Robinson, had warned parents that a sex offender was in the area after police notified him.

Mr Robinson agrees some parents got "hot" and verbal threats were made. At the time, Hislop's identity and exact whereabouts were unknown. The school could tell parents only to ensure that children were accompanied to and from school. Hislop was in the area for less than a week. After he left, Mr Robinson learned that he had stayed with family about 150 metres from a school entrance. He said it was reprehensible that Corrections had said nothing to the school. He is now worried that the department has simply shifted the problem to another community.

Justice Miller made an extended supervision order against Hislop this week, so he will be subject to parole-like oversight for 10 years. The Parole Board sets the terms of the supervision. In the interim, he has been ordered to be assessed and treated psychologically and for alcohol and drug abuse. He is not to have contact with anyone under 16 without a probation officer's consent, and must live and work where approved.

To make the extended supervision order, a court has to be satisfied that the offender poses a real and ongoing risk of committing sexual offences against children or young people. Mr Bott said Hislop had agreed to the order being made.

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