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Allen Graeme Gibbons

Alias

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Offences

Rape of a Nelson woman in September 1999
Home invasion and kidnapping in January 2009 and offering to supply methamphetamine
Numerous other violent convictions

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1965

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 7 years 6 months in March 2000
Sentenced to 4 years 6 months in July 2010

Background
The Nelson Mail from 10th March 2000
A group of women sitting at the back of the Nelson District Court yesterday cheered and clapped as a man was sent to prison for seven years and six months for the ''callous and abhorrent'' rape of a woman. Allen Graeme Gibbons, 35, unemployed, earlier admitted raping the woman on September 26. The victim was among the group of women who cheered and clapped yesterday. In handing down the sentence of imprisonment, Judge John Walker described the rape by Gibbons as a "callous and abhorrent act".

Gibbons faced a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment for the rape of the woman. Gibbons had also faced four other charges of sexually violating the woman, one of threatening to kill, and one of threatening the woman's home, but they were withdrawn by the Crown prosecutor. Gibbon's defence counsel, Tony Bamford, said Gibbons had an alcohol problem which had played a part in the rape.

Mr Bamford said that Gibbons was having some difficulty coming to terms with the fact that he had committed the rape. However, Judge Walker described Gibbons actions as vindictive, as he had used violence to commit the rape and had threatened the woman afterwards. "After you had finished raping her, you told her that you hoped you had hurt her the way she had hurt you." Another aggravating factor was that there were two young children in the house, which restricted the woman from screaming for help , he said.

Judge Walker said Gibbons had been staying at the woman's house and had obtained permission from the woman to sleep in her bed, however the woman made it clear that they were not going to have sex. But "you would not leave her alone and kept on asking her". After a while, Gibbons told her he was going to have sex with her whether she agreed or not, and proceeded to rape her. Judge Walker said the rape had been extremely traumatic for the woman, and her family.

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