Judge Gibson said 22 of the charges were representative, meaning each charge relates to multiple instances of offending. Zhanming Shang, here with a translator, pleaded guilty to 50 charges related to the sexual abuse of two boys. Shang, Jones said, believed his experience as a child shaped how he offended as an adult. ‘Depraved and extremely serious’In sentencing Shang, Judge Gibson said he had “systematically groomed” the victims and ingratiated himself in their families. Judge Gibson also imposed a minimum non-parole period of half the total sentence for Shang’s “serious predatory offending”.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 21, 2025 20:31 UTC