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57-year-old who fled the country jailed for nine years after rape

Otago Daily Times Online News·Wednesday, 6 May 2026·27 days ago
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By Tracy Neal, Open Justice multimedia journalist Warning: This story refers to rape and sexual assault and may be upsetting to some readers A teenage girl who sought a shoulder to cry on after breaking up with her boyfriend was then raped by the man consoling her. The moment was a turning point in the teen’s life, which for almost six years had been blackened by the rapes committed regularly by Mohammed Aziz. The 57-year-old was sentenced in the Nelson District Court today to nine years in jail on a representative charge of rape and a charge of possession of an objectionable publication. He was charged after returning to New Zealand more than a year after fleeing when police began an investigation. Judge Tony Snell cut him little slack in the sternly delivered sentence watched by the victim while embraced in the hug of a support person. “I can say little more than you have physically and psychologically harmed her in the worst ways possible,” Judge Snell said.…

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