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George Mofo Jayaprakash

Alias

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Offences

Kidnapping of a sex worker and wounding her with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in May 2000
Also sexual violation by rape and sexual violation by sodomization of another woman in December 2000

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1981

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to eight years in November 2008

Background
Evening Post. Wellington: Nov 27, 2001.
An Upper Hutt man who raped and sodomised a woman as she walked home from the pub last month was serving a suspended sentence for kidnapping a sex worker and wounding her with intent last year, Wellington District Court was told today. Judge Craig Thompson sentenced George Mofo Jayaprakash, 19, kitchenhand, to 7 1/2 years jail for sexual violation by rape and sexual violation by sodomy. He also sentenced him to a year's jail for threats to do grievous bodily harm. The sentences were to be served concurrently. He activated the two-year suspended sentence, reduced it to six months and added it to the 7 years 6 months.

Judge Thompson, who sentenced Jayaprakash last year, said Jayaprakash had proven to be a menace with a high risk of reoffending. He said that reports before the court last year indicated there was considerable room for optimism and that the offending was out of character. "Sadly the events of October 6 have proven my decision to impose a suspended sentence of two years and 18 months of supervision (was) . . . wrong." Judge Thompson told the court that Jayaprakash followed the woman home from a nightclub where they had been drinking, although not together.

He approached her and she gave him the impression that she didn't want anything to do with him. Jayaprakash then attacked her. "You throttled her to the point where she feared she was going to lose conciousness. "You led her into a relatively deserted area and pushed her head- first into a concrete wall." The woman lost conciousness. When she came to, she was being raped by Jayaprakash. There was further violence and then he sodomised her. More violence and threats of retaliation if she made a complaint followed. "In all, it was a horrifying attack."

He said the victim impact statements made wrenching reading. "She is fearful of socialising, she is fearful of the possibility of infection, of disease, and she is fearful she will never get over what happened to her." Defence counsel Paul Paino said Jayaprakash's family was mortified and shocked by what had happened. In other respects he behaved well and was highly thought of. Alcohol and other aspects of his personality led to the offending, he said.

In mitigation, the rape didn't occur over a period of time, it was not a case of a breach of trust and it wasn't repeated offending on the same victim. He had entered an early guilty plea and had fully co-operated with police. Mr Paino said the fact Jayaprakash was not a New Zealand citizen should be taken into account, as he could be deported to Africa after his jail term and wouldn't pose a threat to the public. Crown prosecutor Ian Murray said the attack could be characterised as a woman's worst nightmare. The threats, the absence of a condom, the violence, the proximity of the attack to the woman's home and the fact he offended while on a suspended sentence all made the rape more horrific.

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