She offered to give him a foot rub for $20, which he accepted. The judge said there was nothing wrong with that “in the normal course of events”. “But you [Winchcombe] know that you shouldn’t have allowed that to happen. “You knew, now and then, that you were putting yourself into a dangerous realm.” Matters progressed to the point where Winchcombe would pleasure himself while being given foot rubs multiple times a week. He eventually went to police and confessed.
WARWICK SMITH/STUFF
Robyn Salisbury, registered clinical psychologist, editor and contributor for Free To Be Children, Preventing child sexual abuse in Aotearoa New Zealand . (Video first published in March)
Man jailed for rape and violation; consent defence rejected
stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Man who assaulted partner with wrench taken to jail then immediately released
stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“You reacted violently. You grabbed her and pushed her to the ground,” Judge Jonathan Krebs told Munro. The woman s head hit the floor, causing redness to her forehead, although that had gone by the time police arrived three or four hours later. The woman’s exact relationship with Munro wasn’t said in court. The judge said Munro, 46, had a criminal history going back decades, including for family violence. In the past few years he had been convicted of breaching protection orders and assault with intent to injure. Defence lawyer Peter Foster argued for a community detention sentence. He acknowledged Munro acted inappropriately, but said Munro and the woman had been violent towards each other in the past.
A man was arrested, charged with intent to injure with reckless disregard and is due to appear in Palmerston North District Court next week, a police media spokesman said. While there is debate if the change would reduce the harm, Professor Emerita Jennie Connor from the University of Otago, an expert in alcohol harm, said the change would work.
Supplied In
Addiction, a study of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, Connor looked at the effect of the 4am closing law. It showed an 11 per cent drop in weekend hospitalised assaults across the country, however, only a handful of premises were affected by the change as many closed earlier in the night.