Jail for masseur who sexually violated teenager

(File photo)A teenager who was gifted a massage by a friend was “virtually asleep” when the masseur sexually assaulted him, a court heard. At Nelson District Court on Monday, masseur Thomas James Hamilton, 33, was sentenced to 39 months in jail after a jury found him guilty of two charges of unlawful sexual connection. The summary of facts described how Hamilton was living in Tākaka when he met his 17-year-old victim in July, 2020. Then, he became aware his underwear had been pulled down and Hamilton had sexually assaulted him. Martin De Ruyter/Stuff Thomas Hamilton met his victim in Tākaka, where Hamilton’s caravan was parked outside a backpacker’s where the teenager was staying.