Martin had argued that revealing his legal status as a convicted paedophile would jeopardise his safety in prison – especially while on remand in Auckland. Photo / NZME“Your offending included significant elements of degradation and cruelty in isolating the younger girl and directing her actions,” Justice Pheroze Jagose told Martin. “You denied your 2006 offending at sentencing, which the judge then recorded was ‘a cause for continuing concern’,” Justice Jagose noted at the most recent sentencing. “He wants to make himself better,” Hamlin recently told Justice Jagose. Photo / Paul EstcourtA normal sentence, Justice Jagose later noted, could have resulted in Martin being returned to the community on parole by later this year.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 16, 2026 17:31 UTC