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Wayne Andrew Thomas Taylor

Alias

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Offences

Indecent assault of a 12 year old New Plymouth girl in January 2004

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1971

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 300 hours of community work in October 2004

Background
From Taranaki Daily News story Oct 21st 2004
AN INGLEWOOD man who admitted indecently assaulting the 12-year- old daughter of a family friend in January was sentenced yesterday.

Former sales representative Wayne Andrew Thomas Taylor (33) was sentenced to 300 hours of community work when he appeared in the New Plymouth District Court, one month after finally confessing to the offence just before a full trial was about to start.

Judge Louis Bidois said Taylor's guilty plea, although extremely late, saved the victim from the trauma of the trial. But he said the assault itself, which stemmed from a close relationship Taylor had with the victim's mother and the family, was a gross breach of trust. He added that the victim's family home, where the assault occurred, was a place where she should have been able to feel safe.

"The victim herself regarded you as a friend. You had no right to touch her in any way," Judge Bidois said. Taylor sat motionless looking at the floor as the young victim stood up and told the court of continual nightmares, crying herself to sleep and feeling awkward around men.

Her mother, who knew Taylor through work, tearfully spoke of the pain and anguish she and her children had suffered, and called Taylor a predator, who had access to the family under the banner of friendship. The judge acknowledged those sentiments when sentencing Taylor, saying it was obvious the emotional trauma had been significant. He ordered a reparation payment of $1000 for emotional harm.

From the Daily News Sept 29th 2004
A FORMER sales rep who had denied indecently assaulting a 12- year-old girl changed his plea at the last minute in the New Plymouth District Court yesterday. The trial of 33-year-old Wayne Andrew Thomas Taylor was due to start yesterday afternoon but shortly beforehand he pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting the girl.

Crown prosecutor Simon Heale said Taylor, whose interim name suppression has been lifted, had been an acquaintance of the victim's mother. In January this year, Taylor went to the family's New Plymouth house when the mother was out but the victim's two siblings were home, he said. While he was at the house he tried to kiss the girl on the lips and touched her bottom and breasts, Mr Heale said. He left the house, but returned later.

He used the telephone to ring the mother and he then took the girl's siblings to visit family, he said. The girl left the house and Taylor stopped beside her in a car and asked if she wanted a ride, Mr Heale said. She refused and walked to a friend's place to get help. Judge Louis Bidois remanded the Inglewood man on bail for sentencing on October 20.

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