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Alfred Moenoa

Alias

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Offences

Unlawful sexual connection and indecent assault (x2) of a 15 year old Porirua girl in 1998

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1959

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to three years in June 1999

Background
From the Evening Post 14th June 1999
The family of a man jailed for sexually abusing a teenage girl appeared to lack sympathy for her position, a Wellington District Court judge said on Friday. Judge William Unwin sentenced Alfred Moenoa, 40, beneficiary, of Porirua to three years jail. Moenoa had pleaded guilty to two charges of indecent assault and one of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection.

Judge Unwin said while Moenoa's family was in court to support them, he had watched them and felt they lacked sympathy or empathy for the victim. The victim had been living with them when Moenoa began touching her breasts, proceeding to oral sex over the space of about a year. He said it was an example of the abused turning into the abuser. Moenoa had been sexually, physically and emotionally abused living on the streets and in a boys' home.

The judge said Moenoa believed the girl was his mistress and the fact she had turned 16 somehow helped to justify it. "You abused her trust and applied pressure on her for your own sexual gratification," he said. Defence counsel Craig Smith said Moenoa had not particularly wanted the victim to live in his family's small house, but she had been living rough. Moenoa, himself, had been brought up in a dysfunctional family where the sexual abuse of him and others had been endemic, Mr Smith said.

He said Moenoa always stopped when the victim said no to anything he wanted. Mr Smith said Moenoa had shown a willingness to change his behaviour and had already begun counselling. Crown prosecutor Rebecca Scott said Moenoa had abused the trust of the girl and her family, resulting in her attempting to commit suicide and taking to drugs and alcohol. She said Moenoa was at risk of further offending. His attitude that he and the girl were in a relationship was unrealistic and symptomatic of his sexual dysfunction.

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