Man admits abducting and sexually abusing 12-year-old boy in Havelock North
A man has admitted using an imitation gun to abduct and sexually abuse a 12-year-old boy in a public toilet in Havelock North.
A man has admitted to a sexually motivated kidnap involving a 12-year-old boy at a public toilet block in Havelock North. The boy was in his school uniform waiting for friends when he was taken. The offender used an imitation gun in the abduction.
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Man admits raping boy in public toilets
A man has admitted taking a 12-year-old school boy into a public toilet in Havelock North.
NZ Herald
Man used imitation gun to abduct and sexually abuse 12-year-old boy in Havelock North
The boy was waiting near the toilet block for his friends, wearing his school uniform.
Otago Daily Times
Man used fake gun to abduct boy, then sexually abused him
NZ Herald
Robert Mark Purchase admits sexually motivated kidnap in Auckland after long Florida prison stay
Mark Purchase tried to whitewash his past. It caught up to him.
Newstalk ZB
Robert Mark Purchase admits sexually motivated kidnap in Auckland after long Florida prison stay
When ex-con Robert Mark Purchase shared with a journalist last year a hard-luck story about how he had applied for nearly 8000 jobs but felt constantly stymied by a 1997 prison stint as a young adult, the Aucklander touted himself…