Hawke’s Bay man jailed for sexually abusing sister-in-law for more than four years

A young mother endured sexual violation by her brother-in-law almost weekly for four years, facing disbelief from her family when reporting the abuse. However, a judge believed her, leading to her abuser beginning a lengthy prison sentence before his deportation, as she expressed in a victim impact statement, “I will never forgive you. I will never forget the times you traumatised me.”

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