The defence used by a man charged with raping a 12-year-old girl, has shocked one legal expert
The defence used by a man charged with raping a 12-year-old girl, has shocked one legal expert
3 August 2022
Tulisi Leiataua has been found guilty on 33 charges of sexual abuse against two girls, the youngest of whom was 8 when it began.
He denied all allegations relating to the 8-year-old, and claimed the older girl initiated a consensual relationship.
That defence was open to Leiataua, because he'd been charged with sexual violation by rape.
Auckland University associate professor Carrie Leonetti says she breathed a sigh of relief when he was convicted.
She says she feared for the implications that might arise, if he hadn't been convicted.
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