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Benjamin Matthew David Whatson

Alias

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Offences

Unlawful sexual connection with a boy aged under 12 (x5) and performing an indecent act on a boy aged under 12 (x4), committed against two Southland boys aged seven and nine from 2003 to 2006

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1990

Current Location

At large in Invercargill

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to twelve months home detention in May 2009

Background
From this Southland Times story here
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to 12 months' home detention in the Invercargill District Court yesterday on nine historical sex charges for offending against two Southland brothers.

At the request of the brothers' parents name supression was not granted for Benjamin Matthew David Whatson when he appeared before Judge Kevin Phillips for sentence on five charges of unlawful sexual connection with a boy aged under 12 and four charges of performing an indecent act on a boy aged under 12.

Judge Phillips said Whatson's offending began in 2003 when he was 13 before he was old enough to be held legally accountable and the charges all related to offences committed from his 14th birthday onwards. The offending against the brothers, then aged seven and nine years old, began after Whatson and his mother moved in with the boys' family in 2003. Whatson had used threats to stop both boys from talking about the offending, which happened initially in a tree house and later in the family home, Judge Phillips said.

It was only when Whatson and his mother moved out of the house that the brothers finally told their parents what had been happening to them, he said.

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