In the High Court at Wellington on Tuesday Paul Nicholls was jailed for a terrifying home invasion in Palmerston North. A Palmerston North woman who lives alone was asleep in bed when a man barged into her bedroom and subjected her to a terrifying sexual attack. The 52-year-old had previously stolen a handbag from inside the woman's house and electronic monitoring data revealed he had visited another five times, scooping it from the outside. One night in April 2019 he again stole a handbag, but this time he went further, indecently assaulting and violating the 69-year-old woman. The court heard alcohol or drug abuse played a part in Nicholls' offending.

Source: Stuff April 28, 2020 03:00 UTC