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Owen Stanley Draper

Alias

"Steve"

Offences

38 charges of indecent assault on 11 Napier boys aged 10 and 14 between 2001 and 2008
Previous convictions for indecent assault of young boys in 1986, 1988 and 1996

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1943

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to preventive detention - but with only a 6 year minimum non-parole period - in March 2009

Background
Hawkes Bay Today story here
The Dominion Post, 13th February 2009
The Crown is seeking preventative detention for a paedophile who used money, cigarettes and the promise of fishing trips to lure young boys on to his boat.

Owen Stanley Draper, 66, of Napier, pleaded guilty to 38 charges of sexual offending against 11 boys aged between 10 and 14 when he appeared in the High Court at Napier yesterday. The Dominion Post can now reveal that Draper is a paedophile with three previous convictions. Crown lawyer Russell Collins indicated in court yesterday that preventative detention would be sought when Draper appeared for sentencing next month.

He was convicted of indecently assaulting boys under 16 in 1986, 1988 and 1996. He was given a suspended sentence in 1996, periodic detention and a year's supervision. His latest offending spanned the past eight years. Several offences happened on Draper's historic boat, Ikatere, others in Napier and Tauranga. Some of the offending happened in the boys' homes.

The mother of one of the victims said Draper came across as "a really nice, genuine, trustworthy guy". "I just couldn't believe it when I found out what he'd done. The trust you think you can put in somebody you really can't any more. "He just seemed like a nice person. As a parent you really have to look into people before you trust them. Don't go with the children's view," she said.

Detective Carol Romotowski, of Napier, said Draper's behaviour was typical of a predatory paedophile. "He preyed on the vulnerable and would promise them all the things their family would not allow or could not afford. "It took a lot for these boys to tell us about the offending and I really have to commend them for that. They were exceedingly courageous." Draper was working as a forklift driver at the time of his latest offending.

He once served in the Royal New Zealand Navy and bought the partially restored 18-metre Ikatere in Nelson several years ago, fitting it out with a main bedroom, two smaller rooms and lounge areas as he intended to live aboard. Ikatere is the last surviving of six kauri-hulled boats used by the navy during World War II.

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