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Tyson James Stowers

Alias

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Offences

Rape and grevious bodily harm of a 13 year old girl in Kaiapoi in February 1997

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1977

Current Location

Unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 9 years in September 1997

Background
From the Christchurch Press 3rd Sept 1997
A young man was yesterday jailed for nine years for the rape and assault of a teenage girl at a Kaiapoi party in February, with the sentencing High Court judge saying the case against him was overwhelming and the jury's verdicts inevitable. In jailing Tyson James Stowers, 20, an ACC beneficiary, Justice Hansen said based on the weight of evidence at the trial, the jury's verdict was inevitable. The only possible mitigating factor that could have gained Stowers any favour would have been an early guilty plea.

Justice Hansen said Stowers's total lack of remorse for the assault on the girl, then aged 13, and the degree of violence used in the attack were serious aggravating features. After receiving the jail term Stowers bowed his head towards the judge before being led out by a prison officer. A woman seated in the public gallery said to Stowers: ``I hope you rot in hell.'' Last month, Stowers was found guilty by a jury of raping the teenager and causing her grievous bodily harm during a party at a Kaiapoi house in February. The complainant became extremely drunk on gin and was put in her boyfriend's bedroom to sleep, where the Crown said Stowers raped and assaulted her.

The girl, who does not have any recollection of events of the night, suffered a broken jaw in the attack, requiring the insertion of a steel plate. Stowers initially denied having sexual contact with the girl but later said he had consensual sex with her after police produced DNA results from tests done on blood and semen staining found in the bedroom. Blood from the complainant was also found on Stowers's clothing. For Stowers, defence counsel Mike Knowles said the situation the complainant found herself in was one of her own making. However, there was no justification for what Stowers had done, he said.

Crown prosecutor Mark Zarifeh said the offending was aggravated by the degree of violence meted out on the complainant, the lack of remorse by Stowers, the degree of premeditation, the age of the girl, and the effects on the complainant. Justice Hansen said the behaviour of the young people at the party was quite disappointing. Any leniency for Stowers's background and lack of previous offending would be ``extremely limited''.

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