A University of Canterbury criminologist says it is very unusual for child sex offenders to abduct their victims. Yesterday afternoon an 11-year-old boy was subjected to a four-hour ordeal after being taken from a West Auckland train station. Newbold said he could not think of any cases where a young boy was snatched and sexually assaulted during his time as a criminologist. He said often when children were abducted they were also killed, citing the decades-long cold case of Tracey Ann Patient, who was abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered in West Auckland in January 1976. "The victim has undergone a medical examination and specialist child interviewers are expected to speak with him today."

Source: New Zealand Herald November 17, 2016 22:02 UTC