By imran aliA vicious attack on a Whangarei woman abducted while jogging on the popular Hatea Loop Walkway and sexually abused was carried out by a deportee from Australia who suffered from sexual preoccupation. The woman, in her early 20s, spent days in hospital recovering from injuries and has since moved out of Whangarei. Justice Whata said Christy threatened to kill her if she did not shut up. The Crown called for a sentence of preventive detention but Justice Whata said Christy's remorse and positive rehabilitative prospects did not justify it. Justice Whata said Christy started smoking cannabis as a teenager and methamphetamine when he turned 24.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 21, 2016 17:03 UTC