An HIV-positive man who sexually abused two children under 12 after serving time in jail for a similar offence has avoided an indefinite jail term. The abuse included rape of the girl child.
Roy Francis, 27, was sentenced in the High Court at Auckland today to nine years and four months' jail after admitting 18 sexual offences over a period of nearly three months earlier this year.A minimum non-parole period of four years eight months was imposed by Justice Patrick Keane, who rejected a crown submission for the indefinite prison term of preventive detention.
The sentence was discounted from the maximum because Francis confessed – but only after he was aware that the children had reported him to the Police. Maybe the motivation was more out of self preservation rather than genuine remorse?
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