escalating violence in our community Become a member of the Sensible Sentencing Trust

Mouseover links for full page descriptions

Offender Databases Stephen Laing

Stephen John Laing

Alias

.

Offences

24 convictions in December 2011 for supplying objectionable material, including sharing images of children, toddlers and babies being raped and molested while on parole
33 convictions in October 2005 of collecting and redistributing child pornography, include images of children aged from two months to ten years being abused by adults
Convicted in 2003 on 29 charges of similar offending
Also convicted in July 2007 for further offending while on bail
56 further convictions in March 2008 - his fourth set of convictions

Victims

.

Offender Affiliations

.

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1982

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to just 12 months in October 2005
Released April 2006, reoffended shortly after
Sentenced to another 5 years in March 2008
Paroled May 2011, reoffended September 2011
Sentenced to 5 years with a 3 year minimum non-parole period in May 2012
This latest sentence will commence in October 2012 due to recall to serve the rest of his previous sentence

Background
NZ Herald story here and here
Auckland Now story here and here
Sunday Star Times story here has more in depth detail (warning: graphic and unpleasant reading)
"Attempts at rehabilitation had failed. Laing was expelled from a programme for sex offenders because he continued to offend while he had treatment."

---

Corrections and Additional Information
We endeavour to make this database as accurate as possible, but we are at the mercy of whatever information we can find in various online and offline archives. We rely on the public - that is, people like you - to fill in the gaps that we cannot. If you wish to submit additional information or a correction to this file CLICK HERE . Privacy: Trust policy is that all sources are treated as strictly confidential unless we are explicitly told otherwise. If you wish to see a file removed from this database certain conditions must be met by the offender set out HERE Note that this does NOT apply for those that are the primary offender in a murder, rape, or any sexual offending involving minors. We do not enter into correspondence regarding the guilt/innocence of offenders. Such correspondence is not responded to, especially if the offender concerned has a number of prior convictions

Back to Top