30 violence, sex charges over five years admitted

A 40-year-old man has admitted a collection of 30 prices together with sexual assaults on a lady, injuring a boy, and kidnapping, assaulting and injuring a lady.

Riki Kake had been on account of seem at a Christchurch District Court docket jury trial case overview at this time after earlier indicating not responsible pleas to all the fees.

Nevertheless, defence counsel Serina Bailey informed Decide Tom Gilbert that she now had directions to enter responsible pleas to all the fees.

She mentioned she had no considerations about psychological well being points after discussions with Kake.

Due to the Covid restrictions on the Christchurch courts this week, attorneys and media have been attending court docket sittings on-line, and Kake was additionally on a video-link within the court docket room as he confirmed all his responsible pleas.

The fees together with threatening to kill or trigger grievous bodily hurt, kidnapping a lady, illegal sexual connection, doing an indecent act on a lady aged underneath 16, indecently assaulting a lady aged underneath 16, possession of hashish for provide, and possession of hashish oil.

A later group of prices consists of eight of injuring a boy with intent to injure, impeding respiration, assault, indecent assaults on a lady, and tried rape.

The Crown has introduced to the court docket a abstract of reality detailing a collection of assaults, together with choking with a wire, hitting with implements, or punches together with one which knocked out a lady’s tooth.

The offending passed off at North Canterbury places and in Northland and Tauranga from 2016 to 2021.

Kake was remanded in custody to March 29 for a pre-sentence report and sentence. Decide Gilbert gave him a first-strike warning which imposes heavier penalties on repeat violent offenders, and referred the case to see if a restorative justice assembly with the victims could also be held.