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Preventive detention: NZ's toughest prison sentence | Case By Case

18 August 2026

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A Christchurch kidnapping and sexual assault has resulted in one of New Zealand’s harshest sentences: preventive detention. The offender had close to 60 previous convictions and had spent decades behind bars. But what makes a judge...

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A Christchurch kidnapping and sexual assault has resulted in one of New Zealand’s harshest sentences: preventive detention. The offender had close to 60 previous convictions and had spent decades behind bars. But what makes a judge...

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