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Norman Oscar Crawford

Alias

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Offences

Rape, threatening to kill, assault with a weapon and assault of a woman who had a protection order against him in June 2004

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1965

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 9 years 9 months with a 5 year minimum non-parole period in June 2005
Unsuccessfully appealed conviction and sentence in December 2006

Background
Waikato Times story from June 2005
A King Country man who tried to strangle a woman with a seatbelt before dragging her into his house and raping her has been jailed for nine years and nine months. In sentencing Norman Oscar Crawford in Hamilton District Court yesterday, Judge Denise Clark ordered he serve a minimum non-parole period of five years, citing the usual one-third non-parole period as insufficient.

The 40-year-old Manunui man was found guilty by a jury of rape, threatening to kill, assault with a weapon and assault. His victim, who had a protection order against him at the time, suffered bruising and abrasions. Crawford had rung her on June 16 last year asking her to return a petrol can to his home. When she arrived he assaulted her, dragging her and clenching his hand over her mouth before trying to strangle her with a seatbelt.

He took her car keys to stop her leaving, pulled her inside the house and bolted the door. He graphically described how he would kill her and then he raped her. Crown prosecutor Deborah Davies said there were no mitigating factors in the callous and prolonged attack which took over an hour. Defence lawyer Bruce Hesketh said his client had instructed him to appeal the sentence.

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