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Mahit Reisen

Alias

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Offences

Rape and grevious bodily harm of a Te Puke woman in June 2009

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1965

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 12 years with a 6 year minimum non-parole period in March 2010

Background
From the Bay of Plenty Times 17th March 2010
A Te Puke kiwifruit worker who viciously beat a woman before raping her, has been jailed for 12 years, in what has been described by a judge as the worst rape he has come across in his 30 years in the courts. The woman's ordeal began one evening in June last year, after she and Vanuatu-born migrant worker Mahit Reisen, 45, ended up at the same roadside rest stop. The pair knew each other, as both worked in the kiwifruit industry. After the woman returned from the toilet, Reisen grabbed her and put a knife to her throat.

He told her he was going to kill her, before dragging her over to some trees, and punching and kicking her about the head and face. While trying to fend Reisen off, the woman's hands and wrists suffered cuts from the man's knife. When she tried to get away, he followed her and punched her about the head again. When the woman refused to have sex with Reisen he cut off her pants, dragged her to his van, and later raped her. The woman required hospital treatment for her injuries. Once confronted, Reisen, who was very intoxicated during the rape and assault, admitted his offending to police.

Reisen, who earlier pleaded guilty to one count each of rape and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, was sentenced in Tauranga District Court yesterday. Through an interpreter, Judge Thomas Ingram told Reisen he had to serve a minimum non-parole period of six years in prison. Reisen is subject to automatic deportation back to Vanuatu once his sentence ends. Crown prosecutor Sharee Christensen said to say the ongoing effects for the victim were substantial was clearly an understatement. A non-parole period period was sought to send a clear message to other migrant workers both here and overseas how seriously this type of offending is treated, she said.

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