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Offender Databases George Cant

George Darren Cant

Alias

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Offences

Indecent assault of four Christchurch boys and a girl in 2001
The attempted rape of a Christchurch minister who in 2006 allowed him to be paroled into her family home
Multiple other convictions for violent and sexual offending, burglary and threatening to kill
Cant has 139 convictions in total

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1967

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to just three years in May 2004
Sentenced to preventive detention - but with only a 6 year minimum term in March 2007
Unsuccessfully appealed this sentence in September 2007

Background
Christchurch Press story here
This week in the Christchurch District Court, George Darren Cant, 35, admitted charges of indecently assaulting four boys and a girl while he was taking part in church group activities. A boy, aged six, and his seven-year-old sister were among the victims. The name of the church group has been suppressed. Cant will be sentenced in June

NZ Herald story here
A minister's life became "a living hell" when she was sexually molested by the prison inmate she tried to help, the Christchurch District Court has been told

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Corrections and Additional Information
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