It was June 2023, and the man had been texting her all day, asking to see her at her home in Tauranga. The man was sentenced in the Tauranga District Court in late January, following a trial heard last year. The woman acknowledged that while the man had some good qualities, his bad qualities had been more “prominent”. When it came to the jury trial, she was relieved the man was found guilty on the strangulation charge. The Crown had submitted any good character discount was “utterly off the table”, as the man had 29 previous convictions.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 15, 2026 00:31 UTC